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ChellaAnn discovered 2 months ago- From the page: "Insects and plant diseases adapt, overcoming efforts to thwart them." This is the reason that we need more genetic modification, according to this misguided article. Wrong. Rather than genetically modifying rice to "thwart" pests and disease, research should be aimed towards understanding why these problems arise in the first place. Massive monoculture farming is the culprit, and this can be fixed without dumping frankenrice on the developing world. Who is to say that the insects and diseases won't eventually adapt to the frankenrice anyway? Life will always find a way. The trick is to work WITH life, rather than engaging it in scientific combat. Adjusting monoculture at the genetic level won't do the trick. Crop variety and rotation however, together with companion planting, are ways to work WITH life in order to combat crop problems. The world needs to move towards intelligent organic farming, not towards more laboratory research.
