Reply #113: I don't believe it increases crop yields but if it does it doesn't mean it is a good thing.

[harun]

For example you can pump up your crops with tons of say Nitrogen, it may increase yield but it also might damage the microbes in the soil, it also might increase the likelihood of disease. A plant that grows faster than normal, just like a human, may pay a price in immune system strength for all the energy going to growth.

It isn't as simple as, oh they have more food this saves the world.

So what happens if they all grow GMO crops and disease wipes out their staple foods in a couple years. Is Mansanto and wizards like yourself, who are pushing GMO, going to flip the bill for importing enough food to Africa to make up the difference? So no one suffers?