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NickB79

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7. Because Golden Rice hasn't been distributed for use in most nations of the world, for one

Reply to kristopher (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 12, 2016, 05:20 PM

Sep 2016

And protestors have destroyed entire fields of the stuff, for another.

Why is it more feasible to provide resources for distribution of rice than it is any other solution?

Rice farmers can actually save seed and propagate Golden Rice from their initial harvest, meaning that a one-time distribution is all it takes to kick off a self-perpetuating cycle. Air-lifting carrots to millions of vitamin-deficient children annually isn't a sustainable model.

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False Promises: Avoid "Miracle" Rice and Just Eat a Carrot [View all] NeoGreen Sep 2016 OP

Yet almost half a million children go blind every year from a lack of Vit A NickB79 Sep 2016 #1

If Golden Rice were the savior claimed, kristopher Sep 2016 #4

Because Golden Rice hasn't been distributed for use in most nations of the world, for one NickB79 Sep 2016 #7

Air lifting carrots? kristopher Sep 2016 #10

Carrots, the hard-to-grow luxury food cprise Sep 2016 #11

No. "Good enough for thee, but not for me" sounds like cprise Sep 2016 #9

Oh good. More brilliance from Vandana Shiva. progressoid Sep 2016 #2

Can you provide anything other than a "shoot the messenger" fallacy? kristopher Sep 2016 #3

We'll probably never know about it's potential. progressoid Sep 2016 #5

If the problem and benefits are as claimed how would the critics stop it? kristopher Sep 2016 #6

The bigger question is why would they stop it. progressoid Sep 2016 #12

I don't consider that evidence of anything. kristopher Sep 2016 #13

Um, wrong thread? progressoid Sep 2016 #14

Nope. Just education for the naive who believe everything any industry tells them... kristopher Sep 2016 #15

Leaves and roots are too good to give to starving people cprise Sep 2016 #8