Comment It just more than europe and patents (Score 2, Insightful) 868
Zimbabwe have a record of developing crops to meet their climate. Wheat in particular. Crops just do not grow once planted they have to be suitable for the climate. Most the GM designs so far do not meet the needs of countries outside the developed world. No doubt some used in australia may. Either way I would bet zimbabwe have devloped their own strains of maize for their environment, just importing things ad hoc is normally bad news.
Most anglers in the states ae begining to realize this now due to the snake fish infecting lakes and eating everything in sight. Australia have very strict import requirements to stop pests entering. The same goes for crops.
The maize is GM and may reduce the amount grown, since it may not be adapted to the climate. Low water. low nutrients. Where as Zimabawean strains of wheat are designed to make the most of this.
Also GM crops have a tendency to cause resistancy to infections and investations grow. This would hit those farmers that do not use GM doubly hard.
THis would be bad for zimbabwe.
IN china were they have llet GM cotton grow for over a decade there are very mixed reports of its effects. The scientists on the ground tend to say that the yeilds are dropping from the records as resitance among the infections/investations has grown. Also over bugs have grown hardeir as well, affecting other crops as well (they had to compete with these attacking the cotton). THos not on the ground tend to refute the claims. The net effect is that current GM methods look like they will not very effective.
One post here about Ethiopia woes due to IMF and USa interference is stunning. Sell your grain stores that save guard u from famine and then have reimport the lot when famine stikes a year later. IMF and USA enforcing free market polices that further there national interest when the those that they enforce them on are not an economic threat is confounding.
Most anglers in the states ae begining to realize this now due to the snake fish infecting lakes and eating everything in sight. Australia have very strict import requirements to stop pests entering. The same goes for crops.
The maize is GM and may reduce the amount grown, since it may not be adapted to the climate. Low water. low nutrients. Where as Zimabawean strains of wheat are designed to make the most of this.
Also GM crops have a tendency to cause resistancy to infections and investations grow. This would hit those farmers that do not use GM doubly hard.
THis would be bad for zimbabwe.
IN china were they have llet GM cotton grow for over a decade there are very mixed reports of its effects. The scientists on the ground tend to say that the yeilds are dropping from the records as resitance among the infections/investations has grown. Also over bugs have grown hardeir as well, affecting other crops as well (they had to compete with these attacking the cotton). THos not on the ground tend to refute the claims. The net effect is that current GM methods look like they will not very effective.
One post here about Ethiopia woes due to IMF and USa interference is stunning. Sell your grain stores that save guard u from famine and then have reimport the lot when famine stikes a year later. IMF and USA enforcing free market polices that further there national interest when the those that they enforce them on are not an economic threat is confounding.
