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Originally Posted by robguz24
Fe'i are finicky and have a more limited range of climates they do well in. They are also totally different than other bananas and plantains and are less likely to be acceptable to a given population.
Golden Rice is one example where the plan is for it to be given away. GMO papaya here in Hawaii saved the papaya industry, was funded by taxpayers and was given to whoever wanted it for free.
GM is just a technology and not some huge evil. Like any other technology it holds great promise and is not inherently something done solely for profit and control of food production. As for not being able to patent a plant, there are many millions of people around the world making their livings off plants that aren't patented. Dole bananas aren't patented, they're Williams. So is nobody making money off them?
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Probably I'm not able to make my point in a clear simple way, i guess because I'm not really much proficient with english.
I'm not saying that GM is an huge evil. I'm not against GM "because they can be dangerous to human health" and so on.
But what I'm against is the way patents and GM are developed now. Specifically, I'm against huge economical interest entwined to scientific research.
When you say "papaya research was funded by taxpayers and given away for free" I do say "wondeful, that's how things should be". When i see a huge company patenting important crops i can avoid to ask myself "what is happening?".
Even if golden rice is given away for free, once is widespread, what happens if the company holding the patents changes idea? What happens to the previous biodiversity? From several strains of rice to just one? We on bananas should know the dangers of monoculture.
And if a new disease hits the golden rice what are the companies going to do? GMO once again?
Maybe I'm a bit harsh; i'm sorry for that. I have seen several attempt of the gmo lobby to reduce my capability to choose the food i want to eat trying to pass bills in the european parliament less restrictive on food labels, and now I'm a bit mad at them.