Why India needs transgenic crops

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 30 07:45:38 PDT 2002


Michael Perelman wrote:


>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.

Well, yeah, we don't make parmesan cheese like they do in Parma. But what about grains? The coffers are bursting with surplus product, no? And high output per worker is not to be despised, is it?

Doug



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