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3 days ago · Borlaug believed that genetically modified organisms (GMO) were the only way to increase food production as the world runs out of unused arable land. GMOs were not inherently dangerous "because we've been genetically modifying plants and animals for a long time.
- Jonas Jergon Christensen
Apr 10, 2024 · M.S. Swaminathan was an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India’s “Green Revolution,” a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Apr 8, 2024 · While there is a range of agricultural technologies and products that contribute to climate change mitigation, this literature landscape analysis focuses on the development of genetically modified traits, their use and adoption in major commodity crops and responsive changes in production techniques.
4 days ago · Specific concerns include mixing of genetically modified and non-genetically modified products in the food supply, effects of GMOs on the environment, the rigor of the regulatory process, and consolidation of control of the food supply in companies that make and sell GMOs.
Apr 8, 2024 · It has invested heavily in potato genetics, using GMO technology to produce its innate potato range that aims to improve sustainability of established potato varieties and reduce food...
2 days ago · Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen made the first genetically modified organism in 1973, a bacterium resistant to the antibiotic kanamycin. The first genetically modified animal, a mouse, was created in 1974 by Rudolf Jaenisch, and the first plant was produced in 1983.
5 days ago · AFST (I) members may participate by availing 25% discount on registration fees in India Food Safety Conclave on 21.06.2024 at Bengaluru. Published on: Saturday 16th March 2024.
