GMWatch reports, that many NGO organizations have criticized Bill Gates for pushing GMO plants to Africa:

• African NGOs slam Gates’ neo-colonial strategy
• Bill Gates reveals love of GMOs
• Africa: Profits Before People – the Great African Liquidation Sale

Now also Sierra Club has sent an open letter to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:

Dear Mr. Gates

Sierra Club, the world’s largest grassroots conservation organization, has concerns about your statement at the World Food Prize forum last month. You claimed that environmentalists opposed to genetic engineering of farm crops are against anything that increases yields.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Genetic engineering – the artificial splicing of genes into a completely different species – does not increase crop yields, according to a recent study by the Union of Concerned Scientists. One means to increase crop yields which does not pose risks to the environment is marker-assisted selection (MAS), a high-tech method of speeding up the process of conventional plant breeding. Read More »