Permaculture Integra or Martin Luther and GM Crops

Vol.2,No.1(2011)

Zdeněk Opatrný

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Abstract
The contribution of Mojmír Vlašín entitled Permaculture? and published in the first issue of Anthropologia Integraoffered to its readers attractive view on the ecologically friendly technology of the crop production, supposed to supply growing human population with the sufficient food amount. As postulated, in permaculture praxis no mineral fertilization, no pesticide application would be necessary to produce more edible biomass then conventional cereal field is able to provide. Unfortunately, from the point of view of recent plant biology the realization of similar world permaculture appears to be pure mystification. The only modern alternative to make existing conventional agrotechnologies both more effective and also ecologically friendly represents the application of various GM crops. The “Amman’s Thesis” based on the conclusions and recommendations of some recent European high reputation meetings (Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, German Academy of Sciences) illustrates unique asset of the GM technologies in solution of the world hunger, malnutrition and human poverty problems.

Keywords:
permaculture; history of agriculture; genetically modified crops; plant breeding; plant biotechnologies; sustainability
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