Is it because of her historical denialism?
[QUOTE=The Green Revolution in the Punjab]
The Green Revolution has been a failure.
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After all, it’s not like it was predicted in the 60s that millions in India would starve, and the Green Revolution and advances proposed by Borlaug and co. saved upwards of a billion lives, millions in India alone by more than tripling the agricultural yields. But then again, how could it have been a success?
Is it perhaps because of her solid, down-to-earth thought process, strong evidence, and dedication to science?
[QUOTE=Vandana Shiva’s Crusade Against Genetically Modified Crops | The New Yorker]
In a recent speech, Shiva explained why she rejects studies suggesting that genetically engineered products like Pental’s mustard oil are safe. Monsanto, she said, had simply paid for false stories, and “now they control the entire scientific literature of the world.” Nature, Science, and Scientific American, three widely admired publications, “have just become extensions of their propaganda. There is no independent science left in the world.”
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Or is it perhaps because of her amazing inability, just like most of the rich morons who post about how awful non-organic farming is, to check her privilege?
[QUOTE=Vandana Shiva’s Crusade Against Genetically Modified Crops | The New Yorker]
Vandana Shiva was born in Dehradun, in the foothills of the Himalayas. A Brahmin, she was raised in prosperity.
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Maybe it’s because she’s on the pulse of the Indian people?
[QUOTE=same new yorker article]
“Why do rich people tell us to plant crops that will ruin our farms?” Narhari Pawar asked. Pawar is forty-seven, with skin the color of burnt molasses and the texture of a well-worn saddle. “Bt cotton is the only positive part of farming,” he said. “It has changed our lives. Without it, we would have no crops. Nothing.”
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[QUOTE=Shiva]
In India...the collection of royalties from seed has led to Monsanto controlling 95 percent of the cottonseed supply, 95 percent through a monopoly, not through the choice of the farmers, as it’s often made out to be. Farmers are getting indebted because the price of seed jumped 8,000 percent, and there’s no option...
Two hundred and seventy thousand Indian farmers have committed suicide since Monsanto entered the Indian seed market. That’s more than a quarter-million. It’s a genocide.
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[QUOTE=http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/pubs/pubs/dp/ifpridp00808.pdf]
We first show that there is no evidence in available data of a “resurgence” of farmer suicides in India in the last five years. Second, we find that Bt cotton technology has been very effective overall in India. However, the context in which Bt cotton was introduced has generated disappointing results in some particular districts and seasons. Third, our analysis clearly shows that Bt cotton is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for the occurrence of farmer suicides. In contrast, many other factors have likely played a prominent role.
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Honestly, the more I read about this person, the more she disgusts me. She’s basically the worst kind of over-privileged environmental fearmonger. Listen to me, you disgusting shit-for-brains. If you weren’t born rich and privileged, it might have been your family barely staving off starvation. I wonder what your opinion on the green revolution would have been if you had been among the farmers you’re campaigning for? You stupid, dishonest, shitbag. Borlaug’s dead, and you’re still here, dancing on his fucking grave. There is no justice. And to her legion of hero-worshipping fans: do some basic fucking research. She’s got ideological blinkers the size of hubcaps, or she’s lying her ass off, or both. I honestly don’t really care which at this point.
