Genetically Modified Crops in the Context of Food and Climate Crises: A Biotechnological Solution for Sustainability
2025
Alin-Florin, Dană | Marius, Streche Cosmin | Kan, Karadogan Eray
New possibilities in agriculture have been accessible by biotechnological en gagement with crop development. Biotech-agriculture is essential to achiev ing the goals set by the Millennium Development Goals of the Sustainable Development Agenda. By reducing the losses and boosting results while us ing fewer pesticides, biotech crops have already made a small contribution to guaranteeing food and nutrition security. Some of the main issues fac ing agriculture based economies brought on by climate change projections, crops will face more abiotic stress-related difficulties as a result of rising greenhouse gas emissions, environmental aridization, abrupt and frequent temperature swings, and altered rainfall patterns in both space and time. In order to overcome obstacles and meet the food needs of the world’s growing population, which is predicted to reach 9 billion people by 2030, we must cre ate and employ biotech crops that can reduce the negative effects of climate change, make them resilient to harsh environmental conditions, address to concerns and non-issues brought up by non-governmental organizations, and inform the general public about the advantages of biotech crops.
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Publisher Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade (Serbia)
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