U.S. Resolved to Harness Full Biotech Potential
The United States is committed to gaining world acceptance of agricultural biotechnology products as a means of promoting development and feeding the world, says Under Secretary of State Alan Larson.
In an April 10 address to the Commodity Club of Washington D.C. he said that developing countries, including China, the Philippines, South Africa and Kenya, increasingly understand the benefits of agricultural biotechnology such as increased crop yields, reduced need for water and chemical materials and higher resistance to crop stress, pests and diseases.
But Larson said that the biotechnology's potential to alleviate hunger and spur economic growth is threatened by a major public policy challenge in the Europe. Actions of the European Union (EU), he said, not only create barriers to biotech products at EU borders, but also threaten to stop biotech innovation and world trade in these products. Complete text
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