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“Crops with Attitude”: Developing New Seed Varietals for Africa

March 24, 2009 No comments yet

Newsweek recently ran an story about how Africans are increasingly weighing the benefits of plant biotechnology for coping with some of their most important development challenges, including climate change adaptation, reversing rising levels of hunger, and  better accessing markets.
The crops which result from this R&D are being called the second generation of biotechnology advancements:
The result

Drought-Tolerant Maize

March 23, 2009 No comments yet

Drought tolerant crops, such as maize, are better able to withstand drops in water supply and are currently expected to be available within 4-5 years.
The biotechnology industry has been working in partnership with other organisations to ensure stress tolerance traits also reach farmers in developing countries.
For example, Monsanto is partnering with the African Agricultural Technology



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