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2008-12-18 | permalink
ISAAA urges propagation of GE crops to reduce malnutrition, hunger worldwide
Agricultural biotechnology will help reduce hunger and malnutrition worldwide, particularly now that the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that the number of hungry people around the world has increased by 40 million. Dr. Rhodora Aldemita, senior program officer of the International Service for the Acquisition of AgriBiotech Applications (ISAAA), stressed that biotechnology is a most viable alternative system to boost yields of crops that have been genetically enhanced to provide consumers with adequate nutrients.
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2008-12-18 | permalink
ISAAA urges propagation of GE crops to reduce malnutrition, hunger worldwide
Agricultural biotechnology will help reduce hunger and malnutrition worldwide, particularly now that the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that the number of hungry people around the world has increased by 40 million. Dr. Rhodora Aldemita, senior program officer of the International Service for the Acquisition of AgriBiotech Applications (ISAAA), stressed that biotechnology is a most viable alternative system to boost yields of crops that have been genetically enhanced to provide consumers with adequate nutrients.
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