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> The population of the world is growing rapidly. We absolutely do need highest yielding food crops if we are to not cut down every forest to just feed everyone
by riffraff 7y ago
> The population of the world is growing rapidly. We absolutely do need highest yielding food crops if we are to not cut down every forest to just feed everyone.
Do we really need GMO for this though? The EU is more or less self-sufficient[0] without GMO production.
It is true it relies on GM imports (soy, rice) but it also exports a ton of other stuff.
I am not against GM crops, but I'm not unconvinced they are the only option.
Africa is (was? I'm not up to date) a net food importer, but it has crop yields 5 times lower then US/EU/Asia, which could also be improved by other means such as better land management.
[0] http://register.consilium.europa.eu/doc/srv?l=EN&f=ST%2013364%202014%20INIT http://register.consilium.europa.eu/doc/srv?l=EN&f=ST%201336...