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a lot of people are getting
all excited about an Indian crop failure who never gave a tuppenny damn
about india, crops or weather before GM

Perhaps because of all the hype about how these GM crops are supposed
to give higher yields, use less herbicide/pesticide, make more money,
feed the world, etc...


just like every other new seed variety that comes onto the market.
From the farm point of view there is no more hype over GM than there is over
non-GM varieties. All the seed companies are out there pushing their wares
and trying to get you to buy there stuff, GM is just another option and no
farmer is likely to unthinkingly believe their claims than he is of any
other firms claims.

What's clear is that this is simply marketing hype by desperate
agrochemical companies who want to sell substandard, expensive,
patented seeds to poor farmers...

grow up, do you think Indian farmers are so utterly stupid or naive that
they believe everything a major multination says? How patronising can you
get! just because they are not white or wealthy doesn't mean they are
stupid.
Let us look at this bluntly.
When was the first time you posted to this group? Was it to discuss indian
crop failures back in the late 1990s. No it wasn't
You don't actually give a damn about these people, you are so tied up with
the bee in your bonnet about GMs that you see everything through that
particular glass

Jim Webster


regards
Marcus