Mr. Gates highlights some of the most salient points affecting smallholder farmers and the benefits of using GMO (genetically modified) crops in a brief video on The Verge. Using GMOs the United States currently feeds its own population of 300 million and remains a major food exporter. So much so that about one third of all US agricultural income comes from exports. One of the major tools used by the vast majority of American farmers are GMO crops.
Here is a link to the video explaining how GMOs effect food production in the developing world.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/18/8056163/bill-gates-gmo-farming-world-hunger-africa-poverty
Here is a link to the video explaining how GMOs effect food production in the developing world.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/18/8056163/bill-gates-gmo-farming-world-hunger-africa-poverty
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