Also, the economic situation of the individual farmer is worst in BD agriculture due to reduced gross production and increased labour intensity. However, if farmers were made liable for the environmental costs of their production systems, the economic disadvantage of BD might disappear. Currently, transgenic crops are designed exclusively for conventional farming systems. Here, they are likely to improve ecological impacts and the economic situation. At the same time, they do not contribute to true sustainable agriculture.
Problems related to pollution and health remain.
Since most countries in Europe exhibit agricultural overproduction, the search for solutions based on thorough economically and ecologically sustainable agriculture seems mandatory. Up to now, transgenic plants do not provide a tool for the transformation of European agriculture. Their concerns include matters related to aesthetic qualities of farming, i.e. diversity, landscape management and the notion of intrinsic values of both animals and plants. Food quality is considered to consist of good products as well as good farming practices. Nonetheless, approaches to include such categories have been undertaken.