Many people suspect that genetically modified crops aren’t as rosy as Monsanto wants us to believe. Proof of that might be occurring in China where pests are moving in:
Millions of hectares of farmland in northern China have been struck by infestations of bugs following the widespread adoption of Bt cotton, an engineered variety made by the US biotech giant, Monsanto.
Outbreaks of mirid bugs, which can devastate around 200 varieties of fruit, vegetable and corn crops, have risen dramatically in the past decade, as cotton farmers have shifted from traditional cotton crops to GM varieties, scientists said.
And from India: “Reliance on GM is not sustainable. We need to get back to using local varieties of crops that are adopted to the conditions, and develop an integrated system of pest management.”
Take this link for an interesting photo from China.
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