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This is an often repeated anti-GMO talking point, but in reality typical farmers don't want to spend time and effort in making their own, inferior, seed.
by frostburg 4y ago
This is an often repeated anti-GMO talking point, but in reality typical farmers don't want to spend time and effort in making their own, inferior, seed.
- giantg2 4y agoI agree, in first world countries. I'm not sure this is as true in the developing world.
- xyzzyz 4y agoYeah, in the developing world they follow a lot of traditional practices, like seed saving or underuse of artificial fertilizers or pesticides, which results in bad yields and leaves them poorer.
- hgsgm 4y agoSome might call that "more sustainable" and "less subject to foreign imperialist control"
- xyzzyz 4y agoYes, the people who don’t care much about well being and flourishing of people in poor areas of the world might say that. Sure, they work their asses of hoeing the rows, and get quarter of the yields people in the west get with ten times more labor input, but at least it’s sustainable. No, sorry, I reject this sort of anti-human approach — people in poor countries deserve to flourish too, and using best farming and industrial practices is crucial to achieve that. I find this sort of keeping impoverished people in a cycle of poverty in the name of “sustainability” (whatever that means) to be rather despicable.
- unmole 4y agoIt most definitely is true in India.