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2009-01-30 | permalink
GM crops’ part of food crisis solution, U.K. says
The world is facing an ”enormous” challenge to feed a growing population as temperatures warm globally and genetically-modified foods may be part of the solution, the U.K. government’s top scientist said. With worsening food shortages, governments need to increase agricultural research spending and reconsider options including genetically-modified, or GM, foods, which have been historically rejected by consumers in Europe, John Beddington told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
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2009-01-30 | permalink
GM crops’ part of food crisis solution, U.K. says
The world is facing an ”enormous” challenge to feed a growing population as temperatures warm globally and genetically-modified foods may be part of the solution, the U.K. government’s top scientist said. With worsening food shortages, governments need to increase agricultural research spending and reconsider options including genetically-modified, or GM, foods, which have been historically rejected by consumers in Europe, John Beddington told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.
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