10 reasons why GM won”t feed the world

1. Failure to deliver Despite the hype, genetic modification consistently fails to live up to industry claims. Only two GM traits have ever made it to market: herbicide resistance and BT toxin expression (see below). Other promises of genetic modification have failed to materialize. The much vaunted GM ”golden rice” – hailed as a cure to vitamin A deficiency – has never made it out of the laboratory, partly because in order to meet recommended levels of vitamin A intake, consumers would need to eat 12 bowls of the rice every day. 1 In 2004, the Kenyan government admitted that Monsanto”s GM sweet potatoes were no more resistant to feathery mottle virus than ordinary strains, and in fact produced lower yields. 2 And in January […] Read More