While Greenpeace and other organizations oppose genetically engineered food, more than 100 Nobel laureates are taking a stand on the side of GMOs. Instead, we hear demands that developing countries forgo the products that offer them the best hope of joining the well-fed, affluent world. It’s not that the legitimate scientific community doesn’t understand the seriousness of the problem or the distortions of the naysayers. Travel to Africa with any of Purdue University’s three recent World Food Prize winners, and you won’t find the conversation dominated by anti-GMO protesters. There, where more than half of the coming population increase will occur, consumers and farmers alike are eager to share in the life-saving and life-enhancing advances that modern science alone can bring.

Source: Washington Post December 28, 2017 00:22 UTC