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The plant is no longer insect resistant or pesticide resistant etc.

When all of these issues are examined, the answer must be that yes, GM crops will and are helping the world's poorest people and farmers. Bananas have been created which now produce a human vaccine to Hepatitis D. This could feed and protect children living in third world countries from a disease which is both horrible and incurable. Rice has been produced which has 23 times more vitamin A than conventional rice. All over the world deficiencies in vitamin A cause blindness and lead to 500,000 deaths per year. For those who believe GM foods aren't necessary and the U.S. should simply re-distribute the excess they already have, one should look to berate the very countries the U.S. is trying to help. In 2002, Zambia refused to receive the GM corn provided to them from the UN's World Food Programme. In 2004, Hugo Chavez initiated a total ban on GM foods in Venezuela. In 2005, the Hungarian government refused to accept GM corn even though it was approved by the EU. The leaders of these countries apparently don't care if their people are starving, and Zambia was dealing with a famine. The problem isn't that the U.S. doesn't want to help, but that the leaders of these countries don't care enough to help their own people.

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