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Genetically modified crop (GMO)

A crop variety with genes altered to add traits such as pest resistance

All termsIntroduced in Module 3Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
A crop variety with genes altered to add traits such as pest resistance
How to use it
Choose seed by the rules of the market the crop will be sold into. A GM crop cannot be sold into a market that bans GMOs.
South African benchmark
South Africa grows GM maize, soya and cotton commercially.
Country notes
Zambia and Zimbabwe restrict GM crops, so seed must be non-GM there.
Go and read
C3
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A014, LIB-A015
See also
Seed maize, Non-tariff barrier
Bar diagram of break-even yield, yield achieved and yield achievable, showing the yield gapThe yield gap on one hectareBreak-even yieldcovers all costsYield achievedwhat the farm gets nowYield achievablebest practice on this landBreak-even lineYield gap= money leftin the field
From Module 3, Productivity Economics, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C3 Productivity Economics.