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Face up to it — we need to grow more food on the same amount of land with less water.
A review of available scientific evidence about genetically modified (GM) crops clearly indicates their benefits for environmental sustainability and managing drought, according to an article by New Scientist.
“By reducing the need for tilling, for example, GM crops have enabled farmers to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, a small but important contribution to the fight against climate change. And GM promises more: creating drought-resistant crops that will thrive in the warmer climates of the future, for instance,” it points out in the October issue of the magazine.
The journal notes that considering biotechnology along with other agricultural traditions is necessary to develop solutions for “more productive, sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture.”
Comment by CBI on Future farms need to use every trick in the book – opinion – 11 October 2012 – New Scientist:
2012-10-12 01:52:04
Source: http://gmopundit.blogspot.com/2012/10/face-up-to-it-we-need-to-grow-more-food.html
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