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Prince Charles should realise that GM is a matter of life and death, not lifestyle 15 August 2008 Sir - Prince Charles's comments on GM crops (report, August 13) reveal how out of touch rich Westerners are with hunger. Food prices have soared over the past year, 105 million more people are at risk of descending into absolute poverty and poor families in developing countries are having to spend as much as 80 per cent of their household income on food. We cannot afford to ignore the benefits that modern agricultural technologies bring. North Americans have been eating GM crops for more than a decade with no side-effects. Why should the poor not benefit, too? GM crops are not a lifestyle choice, but a matter of life and death. read more...

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Sowing seeds of discontent 24 May 2008 Douglas Southgate, Professor at Ohio State University and advisor to the SDN, commented on rising food prices and hunger: "At a global level, it's a problem that's not going to be solved by organics or focusing on local food... Dealing with the problem on a global scale involves using biotechnology." read more...

•	GM debate overshadows key UN agriculture report 18 April 2008 The UK's biggest selling agricultural newspaper, Farmers Guardian, quotes Douglas Southgate (Professor at Ohio State University and advisor to the SDN) read more...