GMO sceptics distrust big agriculture’s climate pitch

Farmers gathering around rice crops damaged by flood waters in Shikarpur of Sindh province, Pakistan, on Aug 30. — AFP

NEW YORK: As a changing climate intensifies extreme weather, agricultural multinationals are hyping the ability of genetically modified crops to boost yields when facing drought, heat or even heavy rainfall.

But sceptics of engineered foods, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs), still aren’t buying it.