22.09.2011 | permalink
The myth that genetically modified crops are harmful to people and environment is wrong. Farmers and the public must be made aware of it scientifically, according to Palpu Pushpangadan, Director-General, Amity Institute for Herbal and Biotech Products Development, Thiruvananthapuram. [...] The population is on the rise and so is malnutrition and it is in this context that transgenic crops gain significance,” he said. [...] The yield of GM crop cultivation per hectare will be three fold more and of better quality than the normal crop.