Biotechnology and the Food Supply Proceedings of a Symposium (1988) / Chapter Skim
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As you know, the science of genetic engineering presents wondrous possibilities. It will enable us to develop hardier crop strains, bigger and better livestock breeds, and new miracle drugs.
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Meanwhile, will biotechnology help to feed the starving millions? Or will it leave the Third World behind to eat our dust?
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The yield on a large farm in Iowa is 40 times that of a subsistence farm in Nigeria -- not just because American farmers are more efficient but also because the world has yet to develop agricultural techniques that work on a small scale. Traditionally, 95% of all agricultural research has been geared toward agribusiness, to ever greater efficiencies of scale.
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The Gene Revolution will do for animal products what the Green Revolution did for crop yields. Much to the chagrin of the farmers, it will have the same effect on food prices as well.
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The government might also consider a Rural Development Bank to give small farmers low-interest loans for appropriate biotechnology. Eventually, we could apply our success in the Third World, so the areas that need progress most don't fall further behind.
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