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Article: ENVIRONMENT: GM CROPS SLOW TO GAIN GLOBAL ACCEPTANCE.
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- Interpress Service
- Article date:
- January 10, 2007
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by Stephen Leahy
BROOKLIN, Canada, Jan. 9, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Widespread use of genetically modified (GM) crops remains limited worldwide, even as growing weed and pest issues are forcing farmers to use ever greater amounts of pesticides.
More than 70 percent of large-scale GM planting is still limited to the United States and Argentina, according to a new report released Tuesday by Friends of the Earth International (FOEI).
"No GM crop on the market today offers benefits to the consumer in terms of quality or price, and to date these crops have done nothing to alleviate hunger or poverty in Africa or elsewhere," said Nnimmo Bassey, of Friends ...