What Role Can GM Agriculture Play in Reducing the Detrimental Effects of Climate Change?

Agriculture of any type, be it organic, conventional or GM has some effect on the speed of climate change. But how best can the footprint of agriculture be shrunk in an economically and environmentally sustainable way? After 10 years of successful GM crops and with 90% of all GM growers farming in developing countries, will the next generation of GM crops over the coming decade speed up or slow down climate change?

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Background Materials:

• Biotech Crops Reduce Pesticide Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Global Warming May Make GM Food A Necessity

• GE could Halt Effects of Global Warming

• Growing Crops to Cope with Climate Change

• One in Six Countries Facing Food Shortage Under Climate Change

• G8 Must Help Africa Counter Impact of Climate Change - UK Royal Society Report

• Climatic Change To Affect Corn Production

• Better Rice, Less Global Warming

• 'Urgent Need' for Rice That Can Tolerate Climate Change

• Climatic Change: The Rice Genome to the Rescue

• Scientists Breed Rice to Defy Climate Change

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