GM crops can help meet food demand

25 May 2011
GM crops can help meet food demand Tuesday, May 24, 2011 By Mike Abram Yield improvements resulting from conventional plant breeding will not be enough to meet the increased demand for food and energy as world population increases, according to Dirk Inze, scientific director of the department of plant systems biology in the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology (VIB). "Classical breeding is reaching its limits," he said. "We're still seeing a 1-1.5% increase in yields year-on-year in some crops, but that is not going to be sufficient to meet demand."

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