GMO
Green activists ‘are keeping Africa poor’
I’ve just read a very interesting article in yesterday’s Times newspaper, where the British former chief scientist, Professor Sir David King, states that Western ‘do-gooders’ (in this instance NGOs) are impoverishing Africa by promoting traditional organic farming methods at the expense of modern scientific agriculture. The article states that NGOs from Europe and America are [...]
GMO vs. hunger…Greenpeace fight against GM papaya in Thailand
On Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Greenpeace dumped eleven tones of papayas outside the Thai Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry in protest at the agency’s move to lift a ban on open-field trials of genetically-modified crops. Although Greenpeace is a common sight in Bangkok, I really doubt that most Thai people in general have any idea of [...]