Much has been said since Bill Gates spoke last week about GMOs and the need for conventional ag technologies in Africa.
"Some people insist on an ideal vision of the environment," Gates said. "They have tried to restrict the spread of biotechnology into sub-Saharan Africa without regard to how much hunger and poverty might be reduced by it, or what the farmers themselves might want."
That's according to a post on the Organic Consumers Association's web site. Gates was speaking at the World Food Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. Read the full story here.
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