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by rini17 2039 days ago
Most practically used GMOs are engineered to increase resistance to herbicides, leading to their environmental proliferation. It aims for the common profitable agricultural practices, which are destroying the topsoil, to be turned up to eleven.

I don't know of any truly sustainability-oriented GMO research, without serious intellectual property baggage. I consider golden rice to be just a marketing gimmick - an exception that confirms the rule.