Accepting Quote by Kofi Annan

Biotech crops are not a solution to solve hunger in Africa or elsewhere.

— Nnimmo Bassey

There is no reason why a company like Monsanto, for example, that is pushing GMOs, cannot go to Kenya, partner with the university, partner…

— Wangari Maathai

I'm against the theory of the multinational corporations who say if you are against hunger you must be for GMO. That's wrong, there is…

— Jean Ziegler

By themselves, genetically engineered crops will not end hunger or improve health or bolster the economies of struggling countries. They won't save the sight…

— Michael Specter

The current food crisis is an opportunity for companies to engage in agriculture or biotechnology.

— Raj Patel

Surely, if we are going to be better at producing food of the right value, then we have to accept that genetic technology... is…

— Princess Anne

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.

— Jacques Diouf

There's almost no food that isn't genetically modified. Genetic modification is the basis of all evolution. Things change because our planet is subjected to…

— Nina Fedoroff

In the food case in particular, one of the technologies that could help there - genetic technologies that could create better crops with higher…

— Ramez Naam

Even very progressive, informed people still get tongue-tied responding to the question, can organic and sustainably raised food still feed the world? A corollary…

— Anna Lappe

Genetically modified foods are really just better crops. They're more nutritious. They're more resistant to drought, pests, and that sort of thing.

— Joseph Rago

To argue that we need some technology in order to produce food to tackle hunger is completely blind to the facts on the ground.…

— Anna Lappe