Latest comments posted about Is GM the answer to the food crisis? on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2004-Is-GM-the-answer-to-the-food-crisis- http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2004-Is-GM-the-answer-to-the-food-crisis- Promoting transgenic crops will probably open Pandora's Box. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:37:18 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2004#comment-9921 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2004#comment-9921 I have always been sceptical about high-level science. Science might be able to solve our problems in a short term, however, it might also send human beings to hell in the future. I appreciate China’s philosophy of harmony between man and nature. We should comply with Nature, as problems only can be ultimately solved through measures deriving from natural rules. Thu, 22 May 2008 02:51:52 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2004#comment-7406 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2004#comment-7406 The initial intention of genetically modified technologies is to increase the yield. However, statistics available right now can not confirm the impact of GM technologies on human beings. Therefore, the value of GM technologies is still controversial. ----Yuan Shui Wan Wan Fri, 16 May 2008 04:23:19 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2004#comment-7368 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2004#comment-7368 The questions that food production has to deal with can be summed up into two categories: one is to increase production, the other is to control crop failure. The genes that scientists are currently researching and developing are either pest resistant, or disease resistant, or stress resistant. They all belong to the latter category. Farming crops with these genes, farmers can reduce their expenditures on pesticide and fertilizer. In practice, however, if pesticide and fertilizer is applied on the comparison group, the output will probably be close to that of the genetically modified group. In theory, comparison should be conducted under the same circumstances, which is obviously difficult to realize in practice. The gene Mr. Zhang qifa has discovered probably has production-enhancing merit. Hopefully we can use it to boost our food production. Wed, 14 May 2008 11:34:44 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2004#comment-7366 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2004#comment-7366