Abstract
I'm going to start in perhaps the worst possible place. A place where GM crops have been effectively banned and, according to Matin Qaim, where “80% of the population is anti-GM and the rest don't care”. Germany. Matin Qaim is Professor of International Food Economics and Rural Development at Göttingen University. He is an outspoken advocate for the responsible use of biotechnology for food security and regional development and among many other activities, a member of the Humanitarian Board for the Golden Rice Project. He's not a spinner of fairy tales at all – he deals in serious figures, and large-scale, long-term analyses of how the growth of GM crops has impacted on the livelihoods and markets of resource-poor farmers in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Matin was driven by international development issues and particularly the role new technologies could play in improving the livelihoods of small holder farmers living in poverty. While studying for his PhD at Hohenheim, he was encouraged to look at the “new technology” of GM crops, and what impact (positive or negative) it may have on farmers in developing countries.
Publisher
The Royal Society of Chemistry
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