Why India needs transgenic crops

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 30 08:41:31 PDT 2002


Michael Perelman wrote:


>I was merely pointing out the ag. trade deficit. The US excels in
>producing large amounts of grain per capita because grain production is
>easiest to mechanize.

And wouldn't that be good for the starving masses in poor countries? What's wrong with mechanizing agriculture to feed hundreds of millions of people? I can't shake the suspicion that you have some aesthetic objection.

Doug



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