Sentences with phrase «of biotech crops»
The year 2005 marked the tenth anniversary of large - scale cultivation of biotech crops, with more than a billion cumulative acres of production.
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«We have really focused on the safety of our biotech crops, growing on more than a billion acres,» Padgette says.
March 6 2018 - DHAKA, BANGLADESH — H.E. Matia Chowdhury, Minister of Agriculture for Bangladesh today acknowledged the positive impact of biotech crops and their potential to help Bangladesh meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030.
We believe that the broad regulatory authority available to you has been ignored, in order to justify deregulation of a biotech crop that has limited utility to anyone except the manufacturer.
Their combined area of biotech crops covers over 100 million hectares and the EU is becoming increasingly dependent on their exports such as soya.
An encouraging development is the recent commercialization of biotech crops producing a novel type of Bt protein called a vegetative insecticidal protein, or Vip.
But analysts have expressed doubt over the long - term prospects of biotech crops, because of consumer worries over their safety and ecological impact (Science, 26 November, p. 1662).
Economist Dermot Hayes of IowaStateUniversity in Ames says he's optimistic that new types of biotech crops and management will solve the problem of resistance, but Benbrook is less sanguine.
«However, the promises of biotech crops can only be unlocked if farmers are able to buy and plant these crops, following a scientific approach to regulatory reviews and approvals.»
The current delay in timely approvals of biotech crops like golden rice with benefits for millions is a moral dilemma where the demands of regulatory systems have often become the end and not the means.»
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) in Washington, D.C., lauded the report as affirming the safety of biotech crops, but Gregory Jaffe of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says the recommendations don't go far enough.
March 6 2018 - DHAKA, BANGLADESH — H.E. Matia Chowdhury, Minister of Agriculture for Bangladesh today acknowledged the positive impact of biotech crops and their potential to help Bangladesh meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030.
The first generation of biotech crops has provided significant economic, environmental and grower benefits, and the next generation of biotech crops will provide much broader benefits.
The Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for evaluating the safety of biotech crops, has deemed many genetically engineered crops safe to eat.