http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/01/cant-stomach-golden-rice-get-your-teeth-into-golden-maize/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/01/cant-stomach-golden-rice-get-your-teeth-into-golden-maize/comment-page-1/#comment-469608 Luigi Thu, 22 May 2008 08:35:55 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/01/cant-stomach-golden-rice-get-your-teeth-into-golden-maize/#comment-469608 I for one find it very difficult to argue with that view. I for one find it very difficult to argue with that view.

]]> http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/01/cant-stomach-golden-rice-get-your-teeth-into-golden-maize/comment-page-1/#comment-468665 Madronna Holden Wed, 21 May 2008 17:46:32 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/01/cant-stomach-golden-rice-get-your-teeth-into-golden-maize/#comment-468665 I wonder what you think of Vandana Shiva's argument that vitamin A deficiency in parts of India clearly results from "maldevelopment" that insists on monocropping-- obliterating the greens (now considered "weeds") that grew between the rows of traditional agriculture and provided plenty of carotenoids. Following this line of discussion, we don't need a new kind of corn or any other single crop--we need to get back to diversified fields. I wonder what you think of Vandana Shiva’s argument that vitamin A deficiency in parts of India clearly results from “maldevelopment” that insists on monocropping– obliterating the greens (now considered “weeds”) that grew between the rows of traditional agriculture and provided plenty of carotenoids. Following this line of discussion, we don’t need a new kind of corn or any other single crop–we need to get back to diversified fields.

]]> http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/01/cant-stomach-golden-rice-get-your-teeth-into-golden-maize/comment-page-1/#comment-234897 Rebsie Fairholm Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:27:25 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/01/cant-stomach-golden-rice-get-your-teeth-into-golden-maize/#comment-234897 Fascinating stuff here Jeremy, thanks. It's answered a few questions I had about carotenoids and saved me googling for them. Fascinating stuff here Jeremy, thanks. It’s answered a few questions I had about carotenoids and saved me googling for them.

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