Gene modified crops the key to food crisis, says UK aide
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Fiona Harvey and George Parker in London, FT Syndication Service
Genetically modified (GM) crops hold the key to solving the food price crisis, the UK government's former chief scientific adviser has said.
The intervention by Sir David King, one of Britain's most influential scientists and the government's senior science official until the end of last year, has come amid growing signs that GM, long viewed with suspicion by consumers and some governments, is being rehabilitated as affordability takes precedence over any ethical or safety scruples.
Speaking after Nestl
Genetically modified (GM) crops hold the key to solving the food price crisis, the UK government's former chief scientific adviser has said.
The intervention by Sir David King, one of Britain's most influential scientists and the government's senior science official until the end of last year, has come amid growing signs that GM, long viewed with suspicion by consumers and some governments, is being rehabilitated as affordability takes precedence over any ethical or safety scruples.
Speaking after Nestl