Good fortune or the misfortune behind the ones that increase

Good fortune or the misfortune behind the ones that increase production in agriculture - -Spring when should expedite the emergence of the transgenic crop cause the dispute
Staff reporter Jiang ChenYi

Not long ago, an apparatus used for 1,500,000 dollars that the transgenic crop researched and developed once introduced Iowa where the weather is cold and the ground is frozen of U.S.A. in Du Pont Company, however, the debate of transgenic crop technology is not frozen by the cold air here, launch in the world of ice and snow still like a raging fire.
Rich life behind the figure

A report that the international service organization of agriculture's biological technical application released recently reveals, the planting of the global transgenic crop has already spread all over 23 countries, the area has increased by 12%%, reach 114,300,000, in the world 55%% the intersection of population and edible GM food more or less. In 12 million peasants who is planted transgenic crop in the world, the peasants of developing countries have counted and exceeded 10 million. Spring when such increasing degree and figure seemed to indicate the base crop of rotating has already come, and this planting of the peasants' chooses to benefit them.

According to the investigation of this organization, compared with traditional crop, the improvement greatly of output of the transgenic crop, therefore the one that bring to global peasant increases income and reaches 7 billion dollars in 2007 alone. Though U.S.A. accounts for 50%% cultivated area in the world to occupy the transgenic crop to plant the first place in a contest of the ground with it, but the lasting growth of countries such as Argentina, India, Brazil,etc. lets many medias think, the product of this science can create the wealth for people that struggle on the poverty line too.

2007, benefit from in the the in the world 12 million peasant of biotechnology, exceed, 90%% come from the intersection of developing country and the intersection of resource and little peasant household deficient. In the network, the smiling face in Indian woman's A card handkerchief fields lying fallow in rotation seems to explain the question: "It is very low to plant the cotton output originally, often suffer a loss, we can not afford the thing of any need. Fortunately planted such new cotton later, had made money! " Indian secretary of treasury strange Ram in Danba seems to be encouraged, he says: "It is very important to adopt biotechnology in agriculture, the scientific measure taken to cotton production must be applied to grain-production too. "

The liberator of the global water resource in short?

Jacques, Secretary General of Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations? The intersection of Dior and warn dry weather lead to the fact food to be in short supply, the famine has appeared in a lot of poor countries. Though a lot of European countries still insist on calling this kind of crops " The strange food of science " ,But at the multiple pressures of resource shortages and grain demand for rising constantly in the whole world, the drought-resistance of the transgenic crop has become an important reason why more organizations support the transgenic crop. Is pioneer's improved variety company responsible for global Vice President Bill of the research and development? Niebo says: "Improve the intersection of plant and performance, keep original productivity to be very much important under arid condition, we are stepping up researching and developing. "

The shortage of resources has brought the enormous business opportunity of market to the biotech company, Monsanto Company, Switzerland are reaching the company in the area in a lot of of U.S.A. and carrying on the field test. Pat, spokesman of Du Pont Company? Arthur says: "Compared with past genetic improvement crops, the present experiment variety will be favored by consumers. " However, the input of research and development of the transgenic products can afford in not every company.

Spokesman of St.Louis of Monsanto Company subsection Sarah? Duncan says, the able to bear the droughting of the plant is the key to researching and developing. For this reason, the company uses 10%% of the annual sales amount for investing in and researching and developing, it is equivalent to 2 million dollars every day. Du Pont Company introduced a shroud of automation equipment at 1,500,000 dollars in Iowa Johnston city this month, this system can realize under different greenhouse terms that irrigate, measure and record the growth course of the plant automatically. Every year, Du Pont has research of using of scientific research of 600 million dollars fund for agriculture and nutrition, but it is the research and development direction of having priority to fight a drought and study most.

It is difficult to be good fortune or every view of the misfortune and unify

However, that bring is not merely pleasantly surprised behind the figure, and doubt and resistance of this scientific product to the transgenic crop. A report that organizes the friend on the earth to release recently in environment is thought, the planting of the transgenic crop is just in order to produce animal's feed, precise processed food of biological fuel and rich country's consumption, have not lightened the hunger and poverty. The report of the friend on the earth still points out, already the weeds which have been able to bear weed killer have appeared in some countries, so, people have to control the weeds with more chemicals, and it resists worms but queried.

As to all sorts of doubts, chairman Clive of this organization? James says: "If the scientist can be from different angles weighs the quality of technology, then peasant, the end user of this only technology, is a person who has a say most. " Organization this think investigate nearly 50,000 peasant family, in India, Philippine dozens of some investigation of country, the transgenic crop has really reduced their amount of labour, has brought the enormous income to them. And as the grain user, they think food the good either. Except the economical income, average 18%% of the water resources are saved, reduced in the whole year of 2007 emission of carbon dioxide of nearly 20 billion kilogram, reduced among 10 years insecticide consumption of nearly 300,000 tons, these data all proved the transgenic crop can really " raise the output, reduce pesticide to discharge " .

But the transgenic crop can not solve all problems either. On the first stage of " natural biotechnology " magazine recently, Aly's sauna university shows to the transgenic cotton data that the Mississippi state of U.S.A. plant after carrying on research, the bollworm has already produced drug resistance to it. And the professor of Arkansas university thinks after collecting these bollworms, crop of the insect is very difficult to research and develop and prevent and cure these terribly completely, they may know " been living on the cotton all the time " .




Good fortune or the misfortune behind the ones that increase production in agriculture - -Spring when should expedite the emergence of the transgenic crop cause the dispute