Il bando agli Ogm ci costa miliardi. Le stime dell’USDA
L’United States Department of Agricolture ha stilato un rapporto sulla nostra agricoltura che già dal titolo è tutto un programma: The financial cost to corn growers of Italy’s ban on biotechnology. Questo è un breve estratto dalla presentazione:
Italian conventional corn growers lose an estimated €175 to €400 per hectare because they are not allowed to grow Bt corn, resulting in total annual losses of €150 million to €350 million. Since 1998 the total loss to Italian farmers due to the prohibition on Bt corn alone is estimated at €2.4 and €5.1 billion. Farmers of conventional crops have lower profits because of higher pesticide costs and lower yields due to pest damage.