> The main issues I have with GMO is the patenting of crops, specifically those that are introduced to third world countries which are typically sterile, causin

> The main issues I have with GMO is the patenting of crops, specifically those that are introduced to third world countries which are typically sterile, causing the farmers to have an ongoing dependence/obligation to the patent holders. Incidentally, this is also the solution to one of the major criticisms of GMO plants: in the event of significant cross-pollination, the GMO plants won't be viable. > Probably an even greater problem is crop resilience - yes, many crops will give far greater yield when given ideal conditions, but by reducing diversity within the same species makes them more vulnerable to specific diseases. We already massively reduce diversity in agricultural crops. This is not a problem specific to, or even exacerbated by, GMO crops. > In nature, there is always some % of a crop that's resistant to a disease, that diversity is removed when all the crops are essentially identical. Diversity is doing exactly piss-all for the hundreds of millions of conifers in California that have been killed by bark beetles.