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Impact - June 2008
Submitted on 6.30.2008
PRI Ideas in Action - June 2008
Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report
What Congress, and Everybody Else, Should Know About Genetically Modified Crops
Submitted by Amy Kaleita, Ph.D on 6.17.2008
With concerns mounting over global food supply and prices, and the potential impacts of climate change on the frequency of droughts or disease outbreaks, now’s the time for using technology to our advantage in food production. With this in mind, the Bush administration included a directive in its proposed $770 million global food aid package that the U.S. Agency for International Development spend $150 million on development farming, including the use of genetically modified (GM) crops, in food-deprived countries. The package awaits congressional approval.
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