The current and future status of GM technology: Interview with Dr Sandy Thomas, Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Genetic modification (GM) is a technology used very widely now as a. tool in plant breeding. Crops which have been developed, particularly for markets in which GM is approved, are very much based on using this kind of approach. It is difficult to get a feeling for how much GM technology in crops mig...

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Published in:Journal of commercial biotechnology 2004-03, Vol.10 (3), p.268
Main Author: Pavlou, Alex K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural biotechnology
Consumers
Crop science
Crops
Developing countries
Environmental impact
Food
Genetic engineering
Genetically altered foods
Industrywide conditions
Intellectual property
LDCs
Studies
Thomas, Sandy
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Summary:Genetic modification (GM) is a technology used very widely now as a. tool in plant breeding. Crops which have been developed, particularly for markets in which GM is approved, are very much based on using this kind of approach. It is difficult to get a feeling for how much GM technology in crops might be used in Europe in the future - at the moment we are not currently growing any crops for harvesting. In general GM technology should be seen very much as a tool and another way of moving genes around. It has been applied in several countries, such as the USA, and there are a number of leading research institutes around the world which use GM technology to try and solve agronomic problems in developing countries. What our report2 suggests is that there is a great deal of caution in those countries about adopting the technology because there is worry that it may affect future export markets.
ISSN:1462-8732
1478-565X
DOI:10.1057/palgrave.jcb.3040082