http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/03/influential-uk-magazine-roots-for-gm-foods.html Blog and news on the benefits of genetically modified food in Africa. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/03/influential-uk-magazine-roots-for-gm-foods.html#comment-31014 Marc Belanger Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:17:24 +0000 http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/03/influential-uk-magazine-roots-for-gm-foods.html#comment-31014 Science is important but so is clear socio-economic and political analysis of the impact of GMOs. It is well understood that hunger is a problem that tchnology can solve by itself and expensive solutions may help the middle classes of the world eat more meat but will only benefit the poor when they provide real possibilities for sustainable livelihoods. The case that GMOs can do that has not yet bem persuasively made. Science is important but so is clear socio-economic and political analysis of the impact of GMOs. It is well understood that hunger is a problem that tchnology can solve by itself and expensive solutions may help the middle classes of the world eat more meat but will only benefit the poor when they provide real possibilities for sustainable livelihoods. The case that GMOs can do that has not yet bem persuasively made.

]]> http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/03/influential-uk-magazine-roots-for-gm-foods.html#comment-30140 John Kaduwanema Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:22:18 +0000 http://www.gmoafrica.org/2008/03/influential-uk-magazine-roots-for-gm-foods.html#comment-30140 From a purely pragmatic point of view GM crops have been considered to be cheap and it has been suggested that they are the ideal solution for feeding developing countries. However western powers have bad form when it comes to protecting their own hidden interests. One rather curious thing is that while people in developed countries are being encouraged towards "organic" products, the poorer nations are told to take up GM. This inevitably raises suspicions. There is also another argument proposed in relation to envrionmental conservation. Working for a <strong><em><a href="http://www.eonenergy.com/In-Business/Small-Medium-Enterprises/Default.htm" title="E.ON energy is part of the E.ON group, the world's largest investor-owned power and gas company. It is one of the UK's leading integrated energy distributors and is involved in generating, distributing or retailing electricity and gas." rel="nofollow">business energy supplier </a></em></strong>, I am naturally intrigued by this argument. However the closer I look at it, the less convinced I am. I know these things are sensitive but people are very very suspicious especially after the scourge of AIDS. From a purely pragmatic point of view GM crops have been considered to be cheap and it has been suggested that they are the ideal solution for feeding developing countries. However western powers have bad form when it comes to protecting their own hidden interests. One rather curious thing is that while people in developed countries are being encouraged towards “organic” products, the poorer nations are told to take up GM. This inevitably raises suspicions. There is also another argument proposed in relation to envrionmental conservation. Working for a business energy supplier , I am naturally intrigued by this argument. However the closer I look at it, the less convinced I am. I know these things are sensitive but people are very very suspicious especially after the scourge of AIDS.

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