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The Monsanto Company is learning a valuable lesson in Haiti: no good deed goes unpunished at the hands of radical anti-corporate elements of Western society.
Like so many other concerned citizens, Monsanto responded to the tragic January 12 earthquake that further devastated this impoverished country. It worked for months with Haiti’s Agricultural Ministry to select seeds best suited to local climates, needs and practices, and to handle the donation so as to support, rather than undermine, the country’s agricultural and economic infrastructure.
From Monsanto’s extensive inventory, they jointly chose conventionally bred hybrid (not biotech...
The Right to Choose - For Farmers in Haiti
Getting crop yield is paramount, now. Sort our the details later. As time goes by, the people could decide, for themselves, if they wanted to spend the extra for the high yield modern seed, or stick with the traditional.
I don't know where these people come from, but their hearts are not for the Haitians.
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