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Article

13 Aug 2008

Author:
George Bridges, Telegraph (UK)

If we want to feed the world, we must go GM

Prince Charles is right on many things...On genetically modified crops…he's wrong...if we want to reduce starvation...we must go GM…the world is growing fast...global food production needs to double by 2050…[A] survey by the agricultural economists PG Economics…found that GM crops need to be tilled less and sprayed less, cutting tractors' fuel use and reducing the impact of greenhouse gas emissions...Over the decade [1996-2006]…farmers' incomes increased by an estimated $30 billion. By 2006, most of that benefit was reaped by the nine million farmers in developing countries who were harvesting GM crops...