Panama Turns to Biofortification of Crops to Build Food Security

[Nihil]

2. GMO through the backdoor, under the floorboards, crawling through the roofspace ... like vermin ...

>> Biofortification is the development of micronutrient-dense staple crops
>> using the best traditional breeding practices and modern biotechnology.

>> unlike protein content and yield, which are negatively correlated; the
>> genetic control is simple enough to make breeding economic.

>> Transgenic approaches are in some cases necessary and, in some cases,
>> potentially advantageous compared with conventional breeding.

>> biofortified crops must be incorporated into existing marketing chains
>> or new market opportunities developed. To achieve this, the HarvestPlus
>> strategy centers on facilitating the dissemination of biofortified varieties
>> and creating the demand for these varieties by linking producers and
>> consumers through product and market development.

(http://jn.nutrition.org/content/136/4/1064.full)

Hey, the profit-makers need to have a real-life testbed market so a
tame nation full of poor foreigners is just ideal for them and, by their tactics
of relabelling, sorry, *rebranding*, they can sneak it under the radar ...