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Why we need GM crops

Sir Brian Heap, April 2008

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In view of the current global food crisis, caused by the unprecedented increase in the world's population and the increased appetites that follow economic growth, we release here a transcript of part of a talk given by Sir Brian Heap at a conference that we organised in January. In it, the former Royal Society Vice President and Foreign Secretary makes a timely challenge for us to embrace modern agricultural developments, particularly genetically modified crops.

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Keywords: Science & Technology, The Environment

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