It's interesting to see how appetising genetically-modified food can become when the alternative is no food at all.There have been lots of reports in recent weeks of relaxing attitudes towards GM crops because of the global food crisis. The International Rice Research Institute would like to see GM rice commercially produced, Ugandan fish farmers want access to modified tilapia, and the president of the World Organisation for Animal Health has said that livestock farmers need GM technologies if they are to meet demand.
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This is very true and the FAO did a study on biotechnology in food and its implications in the developing world. (http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/Y5160E/Y5160E00.htm)
One really interesting point is the dilemma that many developing countries face when accepting food aid (much of which is GM). They are reluctant to accept it becuase they wouldn't be able to export their crops to the EU due to the risk of cross contamination with the GM food aid. (This was briefly mentioned a few years ago by the BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2371675.stm)
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