‘The organic movement
should overcome its hostility to genetically modified crops and embrace
the contribution that they can make to sustainable farming, one of the
world’s leading agricultural scientists has told The Times. Although
organic farmers are among the most implacable opponents of genetic
engineering, it should be accepted as legitimate, according to Gordon
Conway, Professor of International Development at Imperial College
London and a former government adviser.
In an interview with The
Times, he said that the ban on organic farmers using GM crops was based
on an excessively rigid rejection of synthetic approaches to farming
and a misconception that natural ways were safer and more environment-
friendly than man-made ones.’
See more about the ‘
Scentist’ Sir Gordon Conway KCMG FRS FRGS and ex president of the
Rockefeller Foundation,ex Ford Foundation and World Bank and current
presisdent of the Royal Society here and here…
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