India and Biotechnology

India has more hungry people than any other country in the world. Can biotechnology solve its problems? Glenn Stone, professor of sociocultural anthropology and environmental studies at Washington University in St. Louis, describes the controversies and debates surrounding the role of genetically modified crops in the developing world. Stone writes about food, farming, and biotechnology on his blog, www.fieldquestions.com. Music courtesy of Shamil Elvenheim: http://homepage.internet.lu/Shamil/.