content: As a heads up inherently increased yields for GMOs is a misrepresentation. Here is one of the most recent peer reviewed papers on GMO yields. It compared areas of comparable wealth and technology (primarily US vs western Europe) with GMO vs non GMO as the only variable. Western Europe, which does not use GMOs, actually showed greater yields than the genetically engineered crops of the US! The way companies like Monsanto justify their claims of increased yields is by doing things like comparing the US to undeveloped, low technology, poor countries like the Philippines. In that case basic farming 'technology' like effective pest and herbicide substantially increases yields. Things like Monsanto's Roundup Ready series of GMO seeds allows easy management in this case - just pour glyphosate on everything, and so less product is lost to pests and other such problems. They then spin this as "increased yield" which is true, but they could get comparably improved yields without relying on proprietary and expensive genetic engineering.