/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8393786
>-Golden rice, golden bananas (in development), delayed browning apples - many of the improved output trait crops are still relatively new (except for golden rice which is stuck in regulatory hell)

Golden Rice is impractical from a number of points, mainly that its competitor is brown rice rather than white. White rice is what it is compared to but localities in the third world eat predominantly brown (shell on) rice. The real issue isn't necessarily because developing nations eat predominantly rice, but because the other features of their diet are nutritionally lacking. The same could be said for the bananas. Another issue is the actual production of the β-Carotene within the plant which requires a number of processes utilizing a number of nutrients all pulled directly from the soil. Continuous replanting of the rice would almost undoubtedly lead to total nutrient stripping which would then require artificial intervention.

>http://uk.businessinsider.com/foods-before-genetic-modification-2015-8/#wild-watermelon-1

All of these were selectively bred, and not transgenic modifications, I'd say that effectively nullifies your point.

Everything else is agreeable but there are far more practical solutions to issues of the immediate future than trying to push GMOs out prior to absolute rigor. I also wouldn't trust those loss numbers, especially not the corn loses. Whether corn is subsidized in Europe as it is in the US I do not know, but crop loss in the US means money minus labor which creates markets of farmers using dubious tactics to get paid.