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Pay attention to Ecosystem Safety while Pursing Biotechnology
Last Updated: 2020-11-19 08:54 | Gwadar Pro
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by Mariam Raheem

ISLAMABAD, Nov.19 (Gwadar Pro) - “Pakistan has world-class scientists but we need to equip them to carry out their researches in a competitive manner. Pakistan also needs to improve its marketing techniques to promote its agricultural products. The second phase of CPEC aimed at promoting industrialization and agriculture in Pakistan could significantly help Pakistan strengthen its agri-economy,” Mr.Syed Fakhar Imam, Federal Minister, Ministry of National Food Security&Research stressed on a webinar themed “Global Impact of GM Crops”, presented by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) Southeast Asia Center on Tuesday.

Mr. Fakhar Imam in his remarks said that due to environmental and ecological reasons, Pakistan’s crop production has been badly affected. This year, Pakistan’s crop production will be the lowest in the last three decades. Although biotech crops have helped improve GDP across countries significantly, biotech crops could not be introduced in Pakistan as legal protection for the biotech-related laws.

“We have various institutions in the country that are working on gene mutations and genetic outcomes of the crops we produce. We also need to look at the ultimate safety of humans, animals, crops, and our ecosystem as a whole while we are pursuing genetic mutation as well as biotech crops technology, as those technologies need to be carefully used in our social and economic milieu,” he further mentioned.

(Editor:Wang Su)

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Pay attention to Ecosystem Safety while Pursing Biotechnology
Source:Gwadar Pro | 2020-11-19 08:54
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