The Monsantos of the world love to spin the PR story that their genetically engineered products are needed to feed the world. Feed shareholders is more like it as this interview in the The Wall Street Journal highlights: WSJ: Is there evidence from other countries that GM food improves food security? Ms. Variava: Macroeconomic data for the largest adopters of GM food indicate the opposite. In the U.S., food insecurity has risen from 12% in pre-GM 1995 to 15% in 2011. In Paraguay, where nearly 65% of land is under GM crops, hunger increased from 12.6% in 2004-06 to 25.5% in 2010-12. In Brazil and Argentina, GM food has not reduced hunger. The problem of food insecurity is one of access and distribution, not production. The UN reports that food waste is at 30-40% globally.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:26:32 +0000
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