The approval by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) for genetically modified (GM) mustard, developed by Delhi University, for commercial cultivation has rekindled the debate on the advisability of GM food. It will become a reality if the ministry of environment too accepts the recommendation of the biotechnology regulator in India. Why deny benefits of research to farmers? Dr K.M. Sreekumar It is now made out as if genetic modification is a modern invention. Millennia before Gregor Mendel conducted his pea plant experiments in the 1850s, farmers knew that crossbreeding of plants, and animals, could produce certain desirable traits. In fact, genetic modification is a natural...
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