Genome-edited crops for improved food security of smallholder farmers

Widespread enthusiasm about potential contributions of genome-edited crops to address climate change, food security, nutrition and health, environmental sustainability and diversification of agriculture is dampened by concerns about the associated risks. Analysis of the top seven risks of genome-edi...

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Published inNature genetics Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 364 - 367
Main Authors Pixley, Kevin V., Falck-Zepeda, Jose B., Paarlberg, Robert L., Phillips, Peter W. B., Slamet-Loedin, Inez H., Dhugga, Kanwarpal S., Campos, Hugo, Gutterson, Neal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.04.2022
Nature Publishing Group
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Agriculture
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Breeding methods
Cancer Research
Climate action
Climate change
Comment
Corn
CRISPR
Crop diseases
Crops
Crops, Agricultural - genetics
Farmers
Food Security
Food Supply
Gene Function
Genes
Genomes
Human Genetics
Humans
Mutagenesis
Mutation
Nutrition
Rice
Small farms
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Summary:Widespread enthusiasm about potential contributions of genome-edited crops to address climate change, food security, nutrition and health, environmental sustainability and diversification of agriculture is dampened by concerns about the associated risks. Analysis of the top seven risks of genome-edited crops finds that the scientific risks are comparable to those of accepted, past and current breeding methods, but failure to address regulatory, legal and trade framework, and the granting of social license, squanders the potential benefits.
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ISSN:1061-4036
1546-1718
1546-1718
DOI:10.1038/s41588-022-01046-7