Why India needs transgenic crops

[Michael Perelman]

you are right and wrong.  The US yields are not particularly high, but the
US output per worker are VERY high.  Also, last I looked the US was a net
food importer, by $$$.  We import the pricey stuff.

On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 10:18:14PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote:
> 
> >The US model is not particularly productive.  It was designed to save
> >labor; US yields are actually fairly low.
> 
> I've heard you say this before, but could you give more detail? My 
> impression is that the U.S. is a formidable food producer; how wrong 
> am I?
> 
> Doug

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