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The International Plant Treaty is helping in Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources
Over the past 10,000 years, agriculture has withstood moderate climatic changes due to the diversity in species, varieties, and cultivation techniques. The early farmers chose to cultivate plants that produced big, edible seeds, even without knowledge of genetics....
GENE EDITING TECHNOLOGY IS BEING EMBRACED BY COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE GLOBE
The pandemic and the Ukraine conflict have brought to light massive food shortages that are only expected to worsen. According to the World Bank, the world will need to increase food production by 70% to 100% in the next 50 years due to population growth, changing...
Scientific Communication About Genetic Engineering Can Enhance Public Trust
Traditional methods of plant modification, such as selective breeding and crossbreeding, have been used for nearly 10,000 years. Humans have always made efforts to benefit from new varieties of species by cultivating and adapting crop breeding to regional...
Modern Plant Health Management Practices can Transform Agri – Food Ecosystems
Plant health management is a comprehensive set of practices and tools required to achieve a crop's attainable yield, which is determined by various factors. Water availability, growing degree days of the growing season, available sunshine etc. Therefore, effective...
WHY PLANT HEALTH MATTERS
Plant health is essential for both human and animal life and is an important component of the complex connections between humans, animals, and the environment. Plants are the primary source of nourishment for animals and provide approximately 80% of the food consumed...
India needs drought tolerant crops
Drought in agriculture leads to severe economic losses for the farmers and the country. This is now being intensified due to climate change and the frequency of drought is increasing each year. There are reports highlighting drought as one of the key factors that is...
Deregulation and Harmonization of Genome-Edited Crops in India
CRISPR-Cas gene-editing tool has proven to be a powerful technology that can accurately and precisely alter the genomes of a plant. Gene editing can modify a plant's genes without introducing any foreign genes. As a result of this technology, plant species for...
Youth is more accepting of GMOs in Agriculture
GM crops are gaining popularity due to its positive role in reducing carbon emissions, using less crop inputs and saving natural resources in agriculture. Unpublished results from a recent survey by the Center for Food Integrity suggest that millennials and Gen Z...