Latest comments posted about Expensive tastes: the growing costs of food on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1869-Expensive-tastes-the-growing-costs-of-food http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1869-Expensive-tastes-the-growing-costs-of-food The rise in food prices has produced a flood of propaganda for gm crops. But the evidence about the supposedly fabulous yields of these crops is not consistent. The Indian Express, for instance, reported last year about gm cotton: "After the review of 3-year performance, the GEAC came to the conclusion that Mech-12, Mech-162 and Mech-184 have failed to give results in Andhra Pradesh. It banned the cultivation of these three varieties in Andhra Pradesh (AP). Mech-12 was banned for cultivation in the entire southern zone. Farmers growing Bt cotton were put to heavy losses, and the AP government asked the seed company, Mahyco-Monsanto, to compensate the farmers. The company, however, is reluctant to reimburse the farmers for their losses." Given the huge resources that corporations like Monsanto have put into propaganda for gm, and the profits they stand to make, I think we should be very careful about believing their figures. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:58:34 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1869#comment-7220 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1869#comment-7220