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2007-07-19 | permalink
Indinesian government urged to get serious about promoting biotechnology
Experts have called on the government to urgently start promoting biotechnology in order to ensure food security and improve the living standards of farmers. Speaking Tuesday during a seminar organized by the Indonesian Biotechnology Information Center (IndoBic), economist Bustanul Arifin said that biotechnology had the potential to greatly increase the production of important food crops, such as rice, corn, soybean and sugar. According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, biotechnology, which involves the modification of an organism’s genes so as to produce bigger and higher quality crops, could increase plant yields by 61 percent, nutritional content by 50 percent and food quality by 29 percent, and decrease the use of pesticides by 53 percent.
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2007-07-19 | permalink
Indinesian government urged to get serious about promoting biotechnology
Experts have called on the government to urgently start promoting biotechnology in order to ensure food security and improve the living standards of farmers. Speaking Tuesday during a seminar organized by the Indonesian Biotechnology Information Center (IndoBic), economist Bustanul Arifin said that biotechnology had the potential to greatly increase the production of important food crops, such as rice, corn, soybean and sugar. According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, biotechnology, which involves the modification of an organism’s genes so as to produce bigger and higher quality crops, could increase plant yields by 61 percent, nutritional content by 50 percent and food quality by 29 percent, and decrease the use of pesticides by 53 percent.
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