Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Guess the scary stories and FUD tactics are not working.
It looks like feeding the millions of hungry have taken precedence over the fears of a few people.
This information is from Feb. 8, 2012 not 1990...
Quote:
Farmers in developing nations will sow more biotech crops than those in the industrialized world for the first time this year, with Brazil leading the charge, according to a report issued on Tuesday that showed steady growth in the use of genetically modified seeds.
Quote:
Ever since the commercialization of GM crops in 1996, agricultural biotechnology has spread very rapidly and currently, 29 countries cultivating GM crops are reaping its benefits. While markets such as the U.S., Brazil and Argentina have already accepted GM seed products, Europe, after opposing biotech crops for years, is now beginning to realize the benefits of GM foods. China and India, the countries with ever-growing population and yet self-sufficient food production, increasingly favor GM crops. Korea and Japan, both of which largely depend on imports of food in order to meet their food requirements, exhibit a moderate attitude towards GM foods.
May be the USA will also adopt the political climate of South America?
DEveloping countries also have child labor, human trafficking , and dictators who careless for the people.
In a poor, impoverished culture people make choices that are different from the choices made by people in affluent cultures.
If your impoverished and someone offers to pay you to grow a crop, then you grow the crop without asking why.
it's not as if dow, monsanto, bayer, syngenta et al. are going around giving money to farmers if they'll grow products from those companies - quite the opposite. if farmers want to grow GMO crops, they know from the get-go that they will have to pay a premium for the seeds, and promise not to replant any seed obtained. farmers everywhere will grow what they believe will give them the most bang for the buck, or best return on their investment in seeds, land, equipment, etc.
if growing GMO crops turns out to be a bad decision from the farmers' standpoint, for whatever reason, they are completely free to go back to non-GMO crops. obviously most are not, because they're getting better production and making more profit now.
it's not as if dow, monsanto, bayer, syngenta et al. are going around giving money to farmers if they'll grow products from those companies - quite the opposite. if farmers want to grow GMO crops, they know from the get-go that they will have to pay a premium for the seeds, and promise not to replant any seed obtained. farmers everywhere will grow what they believe will give them the most bang for the buck, or best return on their investment in seeds, land, equipment, etc.
if growing GMO crops turns out to be a bad decision from the farmers' standpoint, for whatever reason, they are completely free to go back to non-GMO crops. obviously most are not, because they're getting better production and making more profit now.
From what I have been seeing they are being paid to grow those crops. Just like here in the USA.
GMO crops offer the 'hope' of one day in the future producing larger yields. That day has not arrived yet, it is yet a future hope.
it's not as if dow, monsanto, bayer, syngenta et al. are going around giving money to farmers if they'll grow products from those companies - quite the opposite. if farmers want to grow GMO crops, they know from the get-go that they will have to pay a premium for the seeds, and promise not to replant any seed obtained. farmers everywhere will grow what they believe will give them the most bang for the buck, or best return on their investment in seeds, land, equipment, etc.
if growing GMO crops turns out to be a bad decision from the farmers' standpoint, for whatever reason, they are completely free to go back to non-GMO crops. obviously most are not, because they're getting better production and making more profit now.
Problem is NOTHING else will grow in land saturated with ROUND UP...
Problem is NOTHING else will grow in land saturated with ROUND UP...
link?
roundup has a very short half-life, only 60 days in soil on average, often as little as 3 days.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
