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2007-04-05 | permalink
Biotechnology - an important tool in feeding growing populations
The Deputy Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment, Abraham Dwuma Odoom has said biotechnology is an important tool in the fight to feed growing populations. New biotechnology techniques has the potential to deliver improved food quality and the environment also stood to benefit through agronomically enhanced crops. [...] Commenting on some of the advantages of biotechnology Dwumo Odoom said the enhanced food and feed quality would be linked to diseases prevention, and would result in the reduced use of chemical pesticides, fertilizers and drugs, leading to more sustainable agricultural practices and poverty alleviation. Advances in biotechnology would also result in major health care benefits, allowing for the production of cheaper, safer drugs in large quantities.
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2007-04-05 | permalink
Biotechnology - an important tool in feeding growing populations
The Deputy Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment, Abraham Dwuma Odoom has said biotechnology is an important tool in the fight to feed growing populations. New biotechnology techniques has the potential to deliver improved food quality and the environment also stood to benefit through agronomically enhanced crops. [...] Commenting on some of the advantages of biotechnology Dwumo Odoom said the enhanced food and feed quality would be linked to diseases prevention, and would result in the reduced use of chemical pesticides, fertilizers and drugs, leading to more sustainable agricultural practices and poverty alleviation. Advances in biotechnology would also result in major health care benefits, allowing for the production of cheaper, safer drugs in large quantities.
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