Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: b. February 19, 1940
Birthday: February 19
The Nuffield report suggests that there is a moral imperative for investment into GM crop research in developing countries. But the moral imperative is in fact the opposite. The policy of drawing of funds away from low-cost sustainable agriculture research, towards hi-tech, exclusive, expensive and unsafe technology is itself ethically questionable. There is a strong moral argument that the funding of GM technology in agriculture is harming the long-term sustainability of agriculture in the developing world.
topic: Country, Strong, Technology, Long Term, Sustainable Agriculture, Unsafe
