MORE than a decade after the first commercial plantings of genetically modified crops, the same old disagreement rumbles on. On one side stand agribiotech companies, arguing that crops engineered to produce insecticidal proteins or resist herbicides boost yields in an environmentally friendly way. Opposing them are advocacy groups who charge that these crops, or the farming practices they encourage, threaten biodiversity.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ has previously observed (21 January 2006, p 10), 10 years is a long time to be having the same argument. Now the dispute is about to spread onto new and crucial territory. Biotech firms say…
