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Afsar Jafri

Afsar Jafri is deputy director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE) in New Delhi.

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India: facts, lies and GM potatoes

The GM potato, far from being the answer to India’s food security as has recently been argued, would displace the richest source of traditional protein in the sub-continent’s diet. Rather, it would intensify the problems already being suffered by the country’s small producers as a result of trade liberalisation policies.

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