Scientist warning on introduction of GM crops
A senior Agriculture Scientist has cautioned the Centre on introduction of GM crops in the country observing that Indian agriculture was ‘so diverse and biodiversity very vast.’ “One has to take into consideration all crucial facts before one jumps onto the GM bandwagon”, Food and Agriculture Organisation Consultant K.P. Prabhakaran Nair said while presenting a paper at a national seminar on ‘GM crops and Food Security’ here on Tuesday. On Biotechnology regulator Genetic Engineering Approval Committee clearing Bt brinjal - country’s first genetically modified food- for commercial use, he said the move evoked mixed reaction from scientists, stake holders and civil society. It was true that the nation harvested large amounts of food grains but paid a heavy environmental toll in terms of degraded soils, dried aquifiers, polluted groundwater and vanished bio-diversity, Nair said.
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