tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post6993789375462172270..comments2023-11-03T06:36:27.305-04:00Comments on Phronesisaical: Monsanto Moratorium in Indiahelmuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-29993313623770800372010-02-10T11:34:22.109-05:002010-02-10T11:34:22.109-05:00Well I mentioned Borlaug for just that reason; the...Well I mentioned Borlaug for just that reason; there is that fear of "tinkering" with nature, or whatever. But there really isn't anything to be afraid of . .. not in terms of tinkering, anyway. Putting all of your egglants in one basket, though, monopolistically speaking, seems like a terrible idea. <br /><br />It'll be interesting to see how this plays out after the patents have expired (though Monsanto is fighting against any conventional patent expiry applying to itself); I mean, I've partly suspected that Europe's reservation about GM crops has to do with their privately-held nature (so to speak).barba de chivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331020665581474024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-64043108296747917002010-02-10T11:14:43.265-05:002010-02-10T11:14:43.265-05:00"innovation" does not determine whether ..."innovation" does not determine whether people eat or not. Market forces do.troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-60031031929738829022010-02-10T10:55:30.018-05:002010-02-10T10:55:30.018-05:00It's easier to foment fear of eggplants than a...It's easier to foment fear of eggplants than anger at them.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-40435797747562578812010-02-10T09:07:54.386-05:002010-02-10T09:07:54.386-05:00I was just working on a post on the IPCC. Maybe la...I was just working on a post on the IPCC. Maybe later....<br /><br />The point about companies monopolizing GM crops is a very important one that privatization-fetishizing Americans may be less inclined to consider. Curious about that contradiction.<br /><br />But at the same time, matters are more complicated when it comes to the issue of GMOs themselves. Risk analyses usually suggest a negligible difference between GMO crops and non-GMO crops, much as we might prefer to avoid the former. But I don't think that necessarily means as much as partisans tend to take it.<br /><br />What is meaningful, though, is a case Paul Collier has been making that GMO crops could bring a sort of renaissance to African agriculture if not for one key obstacle. The obstacle is the ban on GMO crops in Europe combined with the fact that Europe in the whole is by far Africa's largest trading partner. Add climate change adaptation problems into the mix and the issue is even more complicated.<br /><br />Not supporting GMOs here necessarily. But there are other important values in play.helmuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.com