Agricultural biotechnology in Europe and Africa-Anne Glover

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NASAC-EASAC Workshop, Addis Ababa, 26 February 2014Given the size of the demographicchallenge, we cannot afford not to use allthe technologies that are in our toolbox• Conventional breeding• Reverse breeding / doubled haploids• Molecular breeding / marker assisted selection• Tissue culture / micropropagation• Genetic modification
NASAC-EASAC Workshop, Addis Ababa, 26 February 2014Are GMOs safe?"The main conclusion to bedrawn from the efforts ofmore than 130 researchprojects, covering a periodof more than 25 years ofresearch, and involvingmore than 500 independentresearch groups, is thatbiotechnology, and inparticular GMOs, are not perse more risky than e.g.conventional plant breedingtechnologies." (Page 16)
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