Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agrobiotechnology: Conclusions

Abstract

It is customary for a concluding chapter to summarize the findings presented in the main body of the book. Here, such a task would be especially challenging. The individual studies that make up the main text cover an enormous amount of material and present numerous insights on the impacts of first-generation agrobiotechnologies around the world. Many of the studies are significant contributions to the literature in their own right. I therefore do not attempt to summarize all their detail. Instead, I highlight some general themes and robust conclusions that shed light on what we truly know about the economic and environmental impacts of first-generation agrobiotechnologies.