Biotechnology can be Good - So They Say - Brief Article

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm and Resource Issues, Fall, 2001

Writing in Environment, Per Pinstrup-Anderson says, "Modern biotechnology is not a silver bullet for ending hunger, but, used in conjunction with traditional and conventional agricultural research methods, it may be a powerful tool that should be made available to poor farmers and consumers. It has the potential to help enhance agricultural productivity in developing countries in ways that reduce hunger and poverty and promote sustainable natural resource use." Pinstrup-Andersen, Per.

"Feeding the World in the New Millennium: Issues for the New U.S. Administration," Environment, July/August 2001, pp. 22-31.

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