Are Biotechnology and GE foods the answer to world hunger?
The agribusiness and biotech companies would make us think so. Another view is in the excellent report from 1999, “Biotechnology = Hunger”. It says: …”The biotechnology industry claims it holds the answer to world hunger: high technology to increase production. But according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), this badly misstates the problem. There is no shortage of food in the world. Per capita food production has never been higher. The real problem is this: In a globalized economy, the poorest countries of the world are exporting their food to the already well-fed countries…” Read full report here. Moms Battle Genetic Engineering A group of New Zealand mothers led by a former pop star have launched a provocative billboard campaign to protest their government’s decision to allow agricultural genetic engineering.
