The promise that genetically modified crops can “feed the world” is largely used by the biotechnology industry to encourage widespread acceptance of this controversial technology, but it is disconnected from the complex reality of world hunger and the limitations of GM crops themselves. This report challenges the assertion made by the biotechnology industry that genetically modified (GM) crops are needed to “feed the world”. The argument that this technology can solve the problem of world hunger, or be a tool towards ending hunger, is compelling but false. Experience with GM crops shows that the application of GM technology is more likely to enhance and entrench the social, economic and environmental problems created by industrial agriculture and corporate control.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/will-gm-crops-feed-world
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/canadian-biotechnology-action-network-cban
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gm-crops
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bt-cotton
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/herbicide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biotechnology-industry
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsanto
