Why India needs transgenic crops

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Mon Jul 29 20:27:10 PDT 2002


Cuba is making great strides in organic ag.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 07:23:04AM +0530, Ulhas Joglekar wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote:
> > The US model is not particularly productive. It was designed to save
> > labor; US yields are actually fairly low.
> >
> > What the poor need is land reform, cheap credit (in a market context),
> > acess to water. The GR gives none of that.
>
> Surely, there have been land reforms on China and Vietnam. And poor peasants
> there can get cheap credit from banks even if they are insolvent. How does
> Cuba manage its agriculture? Without fertilizers?
>
> Surely, there are Vandana Shivas in Beijing, Hanoi and Havana. Why we don't
> we hear those voices?
>
> Ulhas
>
>

-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

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