Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

What a terrible and dismaying conclusion about genetically modified crops - "an extensive examination by The New York Times indicates that the debate has missed a more basic problem — genetic modification in the United States and Canada has not accelerated increases in crop yields or led to an overall reduction in the use of chemical pesticides."

I'm really surprised by that result. That was how GMOs were heralded at their introduction, as a means to help saves the planet. 

From The New York Times:

Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

Higher yields with less pesticides was the sales pitch for genetically modified seeds. But that has not proved to be the outcome in the United States.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/business/gmo-promise-falls-short.html