It's all about variety. I for one wouldn't like the world to become an average-tasting bulb of engineered soja.
Too bad that that has been the primary consequence of modern industrialized agriculture: we have lost huge numbers of varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, etc. And we can't engineer flavor back in; genetic engineering only gives you resistance and other simple properties.
World hunger is largely a consequence of poor family planning, migration, unsustainable practices, and poverty. None of those problems are solved by making "better crops".
In fact, genetically engineered crops make the problem of world hunger worse because they make third world agriculture even less competitive.
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Too bad that that has been the primary consequence of modern industrialized agriculture: we have lost huge numbers of varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, etc. And we can't engineer flavor back in; genetic engineering only gives you resistance and other simple properties.
World hunger is largely a consequence of poor family planning, migration, unsustainable practices, and poverty. None of those problems are solved by making "better crops".
In fact, genetically engineered crops make the problem of world hunger worse because they make third world agriculture even less competitive.
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