[Marxism] Is Cuba really turning to GM crops?

[John]

On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 14:27 -0500, Louis Proyect wrote:

> The problem with Frankenfoods is not that they will kill you through 
> poisoning like strawberries with ebola but they help to perpetuate a 
> farming system that is unsustainable. When you resort to genetic 
> modification, you are dealing with the symptom rather than the cause. 
> Crops become vulnerable to pests because they are raised in a 
> monoculture environment. A totally new approach has to be developed.

Is that a valid criticism when applied to Cuban research of GM foods?
Cuba, after some pretty horrible experience with monoculture farming
itself, has made a lot of moves away from this typically capitalist
style of farming, with urban gardens, a lot of organic farming etc, so
GM research takes place in a different context in Cuba. If the real
problem with GM farming (Frankenfood if you want to call it that) is the
capitalist nature of its development and of the farming techniques
themselves, maybe the blanket opposition to GM held by a lot of Marxists
should be revised/qualified when the research is conducted outside the
capitalist context.
Cheers,
John