New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally benign and beyond the capability of older methods.
In agriculture, people have taken wild plants that can't be eaten by people - and turned them into wonderful food sources. And that's because genomes… - Nina Fedoroff
In agriculture, people have taken wild plants that can't be eaten by people - and turned them into wonderful food sources. And that's because genomes…
- Nina Fedoroff
If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half. - Nina Fedoroff
If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half.
There are probably already too many people on the planet. - Nina Fedoroff
There are probably already too many people on the planet.
We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven. We're going to need a lot of inventiveness about how we use water a… - Nina Fedoroff
We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven. We're going to need a lot of inventiveness about how we use water a…
Weeds do become resistant to herbicides, and it needs to be managed with multiple herbicides. - Nina Fedoroff
Weeds do become resistant to herbicides, and it needs to be managed with multiple herbicides.
The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice. - Nina Fedoroff
The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice.
The more we can grow on already cultivated land, the better. - Nina Fedoroff
The more we can grow on already cultivated land, the better.
We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people. - Nina Fedoroff
We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people.
We wouldn't think of going to our doctor and saying 'Treat me the way doctors treated people in the 19th Century', and yet that's what we're demandin… - Nina Fedoroff
We wouldn't think of going to our doctor and saying 'Treat me the way doctors treated people in the 19th Century', and yet that's what we're demandin…
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