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Title:
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The humanitarian impact of plant biotechnology: recent breakthroughs vs bottlenecks for adoption
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Author:
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Farré Martinez, Gemma; Ramessar, Koreen; Twyman, Richard M.; Capell Capell, Teresa; Christou, Paul
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The deployment of genetically engineered (GE) crops in
developing countries is regarded by some as a sinister
manifestation of ‘big business’ in science. What is often
overlooked, and sometimes even deliberately ignored by
opponents of the technology, is that many researchers working
in the field are not motivated by profits but by a desire to see
such crops applied to humanitarian purposes. GE crops could
help to address many of the world’s most challenging,
interrelated problems, including hunger, malnutrition, disease,
and poverty. However, this potential will not be realized if the
major barriers to adoption – which are political rather than
technical – are not overcome.
Work in our laboratory is supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (BFU2007-61413 and BIO2007-30738-E) and European Research Council Advanced Grant (BIOFORCE) to PC. GF is supported by a Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain) PhD fellowship. |
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(c) Elsevier Ltd., 2010
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Elsevier
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