Biotech Quote by Nnimmo Bassey

A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor…

— Clive James

At this moment, glyphosate is the biggest threat. And because of its overuse, we are seeing the emergence of superweeds, which have grown resistant…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

“If achieving world peace and ending poverty were really genuine concerns to the majority, then they would have happened already by now. So, either…

— Suzy Kassem

The majority of small-holder farmers in Africa are women and, in urban areas, you're primarily looking at women-led households. So we can't solve hunger…

— Ertharin Cousin

People don't ever have to starve to death; there are solutions. We have failed if we can't eradicate hunger in Africa and Ethiopia.

— Coretta Scott King

We don't need to cure hunger - we know how to solve hunger - it's food, it's nutrition, and it's really a question of…

— Lauren Bush

The huge arrogance of the companies developing GMO crops and their determination to destroy the line of accountability which links the developer to the…

— Jonathon Porritt

There is broad scientific consensus that genetically engineered crops currently on the market are safe to eat. After 14 years of cultivation and a…

— Pamela Ronald

GMO herbicide-tolerant crops have led to a 527 million pound increase in herbicide use in the U.S. between 1996 and 2011.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

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

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that…

— Jeremy Rifkin

All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here…

— Michael Specter