"Armeijamadosta" ja muustakin, Matt Ridley:
Beware the fall armywormPublished on: Monday, 27 November, 2017
Biotech is urgently needed, economically and environmentally, in Africa
My Times column on the urgent need for biotechnology in African agriculture:
An even more dangerous foe than Robert Mugabe is stalking Africa. Early last year, a moth caterpillar called the fall armyworm, a native of the Americas, turned up in Nigeria. It has quickly spread across most of Africa. This is fairly terrifying news, threatening to undo some of the unprecedented improvements in African living standards of the past two decades. Many Africans depend on maize for food, and maize is the fall armyworm’s favourite diet.
Tuolle tuhohyönteiselle vastuskykyinen maissi on jo olemassa. Jonka ainoa "vika" on se, että se on GMO-lajike.
Tässä on eräs salakavala mekanismi, pelko, joka vaikuttaa yli varsinaisten näkökantojenkin, näillä kehitysyhteistyöjärjestöillä:
Some years ago I spoke to the leaders of a large charity working with African farmers and asked them why they did not come out in support of biotechnology. They replied that they dared not do so for fear of retribution from the big environmental pressure groups, such as Greenpeace, for which opposition to biotechnology is a totemic issue when fundraising in Europe.
Ja edellähän (21.09.17) oli esimerkki, miten niitä eli Greenpeacea ja kumppaneita pelkää jopa Bill Gates. Eikä niitä uskaltanut uhmata edes Mugabe valtansa päivinä.