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Will GM crops and foods be in widespread use in the UK, Europe & the world by 2050? Gordon Conway, Imperial College GM Crops and Food Security 2010-2050.

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1 Will GM crops and foods be in widespread use in the UK, Europe & the world by 2050? Gordon Conway, Imperial College GM Crops and Food Security 2010-2050 Parliamentary Food and Health Forum, London, July 21st, 2010

2 Recombinant DNA or ‘GM’ Crops

3 Key Factors I b hungry, 9 b popn. by 2050 Wheat and rice Major pests, diseases – rust, blight, striga Improved Nutrition – Omega 3, vitamin A China, Brazil Africa Climate Change – drought resistance Greenhouse Gases – C. sequestration, methane, nitrous oxide Organic agriculture

4 Uganda

5 Temperature and rainfall projections, 1980 to 1999 versus 2080 to 2099 scenario A1B


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