“To argue that we need some technology in order to produce food to tackle hunger is completely blind to the facts on the ground. Actually, what we need is the exact opposite of what GMOs give us. We have to empower farmers to grow food for themselves and plant and grow their own seeds and use practices to deal with weeds and the need for fertility, not from purchased products like a seed or a chemical, but from their own farms, from their own knowledge and skill sets.”
![“In terms of the short-term objective [halving world hunger by 2015], the position I have always taken is that we don't need genetically modified organisms.” quote by Jacques Diouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/70f/jacques-diouf-59149_biology_in-terms-of-the-short-term-objective-hal_721753.jpg)
