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GM-Plants Denuding the Myth

GM-Plants Denuding the Myth. Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach http :// www.ipbo.ugent.be http :// www.psb.ugent.be http ://www.efb-central.org http :// www.prri.net E -mail : marc.vanmontagu@vib-ugent.be. Prof. Em . Marc Van Montagu Chairman, IPBO; President EFB; President PRRI.

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GM-Plants Denuding the Myth

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  1. GM-PlantsDenuding the Myth • Institute of Plant Biotechnology Outreach • http://www.ipbo.ugent.be • http://www.psb.ugent.be • http://www.efb-central.org • http://www.prri.net • E-mail : marc.vanmontagu@vib-ugent.be Prof. Em. Marc Van Montagu Chairman, IPBO; President EFB; President PRRI

  2. Plants for Life

  3. No Life without Plants

  4. Society asks limits: • appropriate balance between profit, planet and people • sustainable soil use, nature conservation, recreation, water management, and landscape conservation

  5. Actions to End Poverty • Science and Technology Public accountability, Just governance and the Fulfilment of Human Rights Women's Rights and Gender Justice Trade justice Aid and Financing for Development Peace and Security

  6. Why R&D for Agriculture More than 2.5 billion people depend on agriculture for their livehoods (1 farm worker / 2-3 people in poor agricultural countries) Agriculture is a major source of pollution An estimated 7.3 million hectares of forest are lost each year Food security depends of only a few species (0.008% of all plant species) By 2050, food production must increase by 70% and at the same time halve its environmental footprint Photo Stock.XCHNG AP photo/Mahesh Kumar A

  7. Plants for Knowledge

  8. The Productivity Challenge Will require plants to deliver stable production in face of a multitude of variable environments

  9. The Products We Need • Yield • Less dependence on inputs (nutrients and protection) • Tolerance to abiotic stresses (water friendly crops) • Nutritional value • Taste • Pharming • Feedstock to industry It will require the best of our science and invention, including GM

  10. PVP/IP protection • Acceptance of the new technology Key Elements in Crop Development Traits Technology Trade

  11. What is the difference betweenGM and non-GM corn? NONE! Non- GMO GMO They are substantially equivalent

  12. Corn was developed by native americans 10000 years ago using a methodology that is now called genetics

  13. GM-corn is made from a modern genetic technology that exploits a nature-based tool to integrate a single gene into the modern maize genome Source: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/Haseloff/SITEGRAPHICS

  14. The gene transfer technology is not dangerous – it has always been used by Agrobacterium

  15. GM traits: of no interest or advantageto our society? Nutrient Use Bt Anthocyanin Enrichment HT Golden Rice Omega-3 Camelina http://www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk

  16. Research on transgenic crops must be done outside industry if it is to fulfil its early promise Nature Editorial, May 2013 But the EU puts the developmental costs of GM crops out of reach of small and medium-sized companies

  17. Europe Delusion Just one GM crop is commercially grown in Europe on a small acreage, while 46 GM crops can be imported in the EU and used in food and feed

  18. Political, financial, private sectorsupport Everybody’s duty Public sector vision

  19. Society and TechnologyEvolving science since enlightenment Conflicts between emotional and rational thinking

  20. 21stCentury Plants will be GM-Plants

  21. In a Better Environment

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