ARTICLE: GMO Technology Can Help Prevent Starvation

The following is an excerpt of an article in California Ag Today discussing way in which GMOs can help to prevent hunger and starvation in developing countries. 

Needed GMO technology to help citizens in Third World countries is being thwarted by activist groups in First World countries who are anti-GMO, said Alison Van Eenennaam, a UCANR Cooperative Extension Specialist focused on Animal Genomics at UC Davis.

“If the African people choose to use this to develop better bananas, they should have the right to use that and not be dictated to by activist groups in the First World promoting fear around this technology," she said.

GMO technology could greatly benefit those in the developing world, especially those who struggle with starvation on a daily basis.

To read the entire article, please visit the California Ag Today website.