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ArticleGM crops & food2024

An assessment of the linkages between GM crop biotechnology and climate change mitigation.

Stuart J Smyth, Peter W B Phillips, David Castle

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Article in GM crops & food, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stuart J SmythDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0837-8617
Peter W B PhillipsJohnson Shoyama School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9152-5886
David CastleSchool of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6884-0001

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article provides an analysis and evaluation of peer-reviewed evidence on the contribution of crop biotechnology to climate change mitigation and adaption. While there is a range of agricultural technologies and products that contribute to climate change mitigation, this literature landscape analysis focuses on the development of genetically modified traits, their use and adoption in major commodity crops and responsive changes in production techniques. Jointly, these technologies and products are contributing to climate change mitigation, yet the technology, the literature and evidence is still evolving as more sophisticated research methods are used with greater consistency. The literature analysis is undertaken with consideration of the consequential impact that regulatory regimes have on technology development. This assessment utilizes the Maryland Scientific Methods Scale and citation analysis, concluding that GM crops provide benefits that contribute to climate change mitigation.

Indexed as

AgricultureClimate ChangeBiotechnologyCrops, AgriculturalMarylandCarbon sequestrationchemical use changesGHG emissionsland conservation/usesoil health

Identifiers

PMID38590162
PMCPMC11005809

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