Food Biotechnology Benefits the Environment
In Brief: Agricultural biotechnology helps to make farmlands more
productive and reduces the amount of land needed for agriculture.

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Stephen S. Censky
Chief Executive Officer
American Soybean Association
May 26, 1999

"Agricultural biotechnology holds promise for a hungry and ecologically fragile world. The development of new crop varieties that offer increased yields, reduced inputs, and offer specialized traits that meet end-user needs is merely the starting point."

Report of a joint consultation between
the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
and the World Health Organization
September 30-October 4, 1996

"Biotechnology provides new and powerful tools for research and for accelerating the development of new and better foods…The benefits of biotechnology are many and include providing resistance to crop pests to improve production and reduce chemical pesticide usage, thereby making major improvements in both food quality and nutrition."

Norman Borlaug, Ph.D.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
testimony before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee
July 31, 1997

"Scientists are gaining the ability to insert genes that give biological defense against diseases and insects, thus reducing the need for chemical pesticides, and convey genetic traits that enable crops to better withstand drought conditions. With this powerful new genetic knowledge, scientists have the capability to pack large amounts of technology into a single seed."

Quote Sections
Food Biotechnology and The US Government
In Brief: Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and others share their views on the benefits of biotechnology.
Food Biotechnology is Safe
In Brief: The FDA has determined that foods from plants produced through biotechnology are, as a class, safe.
Food Biotechnology Benefits Consumers
In Brief: Surveys indicate that American consumers are in support of food biotechnology and recognize its benefits.
Food Biotechnology Benefits the Environment
In Brief: Agricultural biotechnology helps to make farmlands more productive and reduces the amount of land needed for agriculture.
Food Biotechnology Benefits Farmers
In Brief: Agricultural biotechnology improves methods of farming to ensure precision and efficiency.
Food Biotechnology Can Help Counter World Hunger
In Brief: Biotechnology may pose one solution to the problems of increasingly resource-poor, hungry nations and a viable alternative to subsistence farming.

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