24.10.2007 | permalink
The Federal Government’s economic research agency has told a conference that genetically-modified (GM) crops need to be part of Australia’s solution to drought and climate change problems. [...] They’ve proved to be a major impediment to technology development in Australia and its application and there’s no evidence whatsoever that it’s increased marketability or anything related to our crops,” he said. ”So its impact has been, as far as I can see, entirely negative.”