Saturday, 25 September 2010

GM and organic farming: Adversaries or comrades in the fight against malnutrition?



View the Zentation presentation (video with slides) here

This is my first submission to SiloBusters, the interdisciplinary idea sharing network.

Synopsis:
The organic farming movement is strongly opposed to genetically modified crops. I argue that the two philosophies are actually very compatible. An alliance between GM and organic farming could secure a nutritious and sustainable food supply for the world's rapidly growing population.  

1 comment:

Joseph said...

Many nutrition, sustainable development and global philanthropic groups; however, do not agree with the activists. Helen Keller International (HKI), the Gates Foundation and IRRI are working together on biofortification in support of Golden Rice. See:

http://irri.org/goldenrice

http://www.hki.org/blog/2011/04/a-golden-opportunity/#more-518

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/agriculturaldevelopment/Pages/enriching-golden-rice.aspx