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2007-02-26 | permalink
Thai Government urged to consider GMO
Experts advise the Thai government to accept more biotech crops, or else the Kingdom"s competitiveness in the farm sector will drop 5 per cent each year. At a press briefing at the Royal Sports Club yesterday, both Thai and foreign experts in biotechnology shared the same ideas that to adopt biotech crops will increase the country"s economic growth. In addition, this will also reduce environment problems in the long run. Despite strong controversy, the demand for biotech crops or genetically modified organism (GMO) plants have risen in many countries during the past 10 years. Dr Clive James, chairman of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), said Thailand should consider allowing the cultivation of GMO crops not only to strengthen economic growth but also solve environment problems.
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2007-02-26 | permalink
Thai Government urged to consider GMO
Experts advise the Thai government to accept more biotech crops, or else the Kingdom"s competitiveness in the farm sector will drop 5 per cent each year. At a press briefing at the Royal Sports Club yesterday, both Thai and foreign experts in biotechnology shared the same ideas that to adopt biotech crops will increase the country"s economic growth. In addition, this will also reduce environment problems in the long run. Despite strong controversy, the demand for biotech crops or genetically modified organism (GMO) plants have risen in many countries during the past 10 years. Dr Clive James, chairman of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), said Thailand should consider allowing the cultivation of GMO crops not only to strengthen economic growth but also solve environment problems.
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