Why India needs transgenic crops

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 30 10:56:26 PDT 2002


Michael Perelman wrote:


>The problem is that cheap, subsidized grain hurts ag. production in the
>poor countries, driving more people to the cities, causing problems.

So what's the takeway, as the nonprofit types say? That the U.S. should garage the farm equipment, empty the cities, and send us all back to the land, or that it's an urgent priority that poor countries mechanize their agriculture? Or is there some third option I'm missing?

Doug



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