The impact and promises of "modern biotechnology" for developing countries is the focus of the world food organisations annual Status report. The answers of the FAO sound rather cautious while media headlines spun it to "GMOs will feed the world".</p><p><a href="http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/focus/2004/41655/index.html">FAO: "Biotechnology: meeting the needs of the poor?" with link to full report</a></p><p><a href="http://www.genet-info.org/genet/2004/May/msg00109.html">A critical analysis of the FAO report and its media use from South Africa</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foodethicscouncil.org/library/news/pressrelease19may2004.htm">Food ethics council: UN hunger message spun off course</a></p><p><a href="http://www.viacampesina.org/art_english.php3?id_article=332">Via Campesino: Slap in the face of those who defend food sovereignty</a>