Engineered crop plants: Trap or treasure?

Darkfrog submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (www.nytimes.com)

This article discusses the proliferation of genetically engineered crop plants in the international agricultural market, particularly in developing countries. The concern is that poor farmers will become beholden to the companies that own the patents on these particular strains, but I think the whole matter is fear-hyped. Genetically engineered crops tend to be hardier, more cost-effective and require less pesticide. That's a good thing all around.

Keywords: genetically modified crops developing countries agricultural crop agriculture economics patents genetically modified organisms