> GMOs, herbicides, and pesticides have saved hundreds of millions of lives from death by famine. Current levels of food production are not possible with GMOs.

> GMOs, herbicides, and pesticides have saved hundreds of millions of lives from death by famine. Current levels of food production are not possible with GMOs. That's great. But, we need to look ahead. Monsanto's high-yield crops rely on herbicides/pesticides and monocultures. This negatively affects biodiversity[1], genetic diversity, pollinator populations[2] and increases risk of cancer[3] and land degradation[4]. High-yield crops are a quick fix. Patch work. What about in 25 or 50 years? What if we have severe colony collapse? What if we have severe soil contamination and degradation? How will we feed ourselves then? What if we have to increase our use of pesticides just to get the same yield? [1] http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/environment.asp?id=1834 http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/environment.asp?id=1834 [2] http://www.epa.gov/pesp/pesp/members/strategies/north http://www.epa.gov/pesp/pesp/members/strategies/north _america_pollinator_protection_campaign.pdf [3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9498903 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9498903 [4] http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1214-unu.html http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1214-unu.html I don't understand why you chose India and Africa as examples? Their food situation is vastly different from China. India especially, has not (on a whole) benefited from Monsanto's GMOs (http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1087730/how_india_squared_up_to_monsantos_biopiracy.html http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1087730/how_i...)