cover of episode GM crops can help fight hunger — depending on how they are farmed

GM crops can help fight hunger — depending on how they are farmed

2024/11/21
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Modern tools like CRISPR help scientists make targeted changes to a plant’s genome, cutting the cost of development. People are also more accepting of GM when the plant doesn’t have foreign genes. But the costs of regulation and ensuring nothing harmful enters the market is still too high for institutions that don’t only work for profit