For example, fish genes have been spliced into tomatoes, human genes into pigs, and insect genes into potatoes. Under the natural law of a divinely created universe, such an alteration could not take place. Motives Questionable Monsanto, the clear leader in GE crops, argues that genetic engineering is necessary, even essential, if the world's food supply is to keep up with human population growth. In fact, without it, Monsanto states, billions will starve. None of the GE crops now available, or in development, has met any of these characteristics.
New seeds require high-quality soil, enormously expensive machinery and increased use of chemicals.
In fact, fully two-thirds of GE crops currently available are designed specifically to increase the sale of pesticides produced by companies selling the seeds. The GE revolution, in reality, has nothing to do with feeding the world's hungry. They argue that there is no relevance between hunger and population. While yields do need to be increased in areas of severe hunger such as Africa and Asia, local and international markets serve as critical links between food producers and consumers. Therefore, it is na ve, Altieri and Rosset conclude, to suggest that lack of production is the problem when local economic policies and international trade regimes distort the distribution of food.