Overview

One of the things that is moving with the global warming, the search for new energy sources and the fight against AIDS is the cause of genetically modified plants. Many people believe that this new technology will solve the problem of hunger on Earth in the near future, and another large group sees it as a danger to the genetic pool of existing agricultural crops and to the health of all humankind. The British farmer and quirky practitioner Jimmy Doherty therefore went out into the world in the company of BBC filmmakers to find out what the current situation is. His conclusions could not, of course, be unambiguous. A serious observer must state that the problem of genetically modified crops is an open chapter with great promise for the future. The proverbial "but" will, however, accompany an even longer period of debate about this - perhaps - revolutionary method ...