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2009-01-28 | permalink
Nearly a billion people go hungry every day – can GM crops help feed them?
The major problem, said Watson, is not one that GM crops will solve. He stressed the need for good roads to get crops to markets, and simple technologies that will help reduce post-harvest losses in Africa, which currently stand at between 30 and 40%. ”GM is a totally oversold technique,” he said.
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2009-01-28 | permalink
Nearly a billion people go hungry every day – can GM crops help feed them?
The major problem, said Watson, is not one that GM crops will solve. He stressed the need for good roads to get crops to markets, and simple technologies that will help reduce post-harvest losses in Africa, which currently stand at between 30 and 40%. ”GM is a totally oversold technique,” he said.
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