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Re:Ask HN: What are examples of common beliefs conclusively ... by rglullis on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @10:30AM (#31836457)
On the local level, yes. But I pointed out that the issue is with "wide-scale" adoption. GMO manufacturers make it so that the same, e.g, rice or carrots or tomatoes are grown in different parts of the world.
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Re:Ask HN: What are examples of common beliefs conclusively ... by jebus989 on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @11:00AM (#31836892)
To re-iterate: there is no biodiversity in agriculture. As an example, "non-GMO" bananas are cloned from a single species the world over. If you'd be concerned about a single disease destroying genetically-identical crops worldwide, that happened with the Gros Michel cultivar in the 20th century. Competing GMO banana products would introduce more diversity than exists today.
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Re:Ask HN: What are examples of common beliefs conclusively ... by rglullis on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @12:11PM (#31837927)
> there is no biodiversity in agriculture.

That is (a) a bit hyperbolic, (b) more applicable to large-scale, "industrial" farming and (c) not exactly desirable, right?

> Competing GMO banana products would introduce more diversity than exists today.

A good example of "it's the dosage that makes the difference between the poison and the medicine".

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