Monsanto Owns Us: The Monopoly of Seeds and Intellectual Property Rights

Re:Monsanto Owns Us: The Monopoly of Seeds and Intellectual ... by manicdee on Sunday March 16, 2014 @05:49PM (#7411524)

Generally speaking, GMO crops are lower-yielding than heirloom varieties, unless you apply the requisite fertiliser, pesticides and herbicides. With the addition of those chemicals the GMO crops perform better since they are more tolerant of excess nutrients, and better able to convert the excess nutrients into the desired product.

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Re:Monsanto Owns Us: The Monopoly of Seeds and Intellectual ... by mcv on Monday March 17, 2014 @04:46AM (#7413866)

So if you want to reduce reliance on chemicals (which I do), then GMOs are a bad idea?

Personally I'm a big fan of projects that use more natural ways of fighting weeds and pests. I've read about some very effective programs that reduced pests by planting a specific plant around the crop fields, or (re)introducing a predator of that pest.

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Re:Monsanto Owns Us: The Monopoly of Seeds and Intellectual ... by onetimeonly on Monday March 17, 2014 @05:51PM (#7418358)

What do you mean by chemicals? all food production uses chemicals.

If you want to reduce monoculture, then monoculture is a bad idea :)

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