Colombia: Biotechnology can be a great ally for climate change

게시됨 2021년 10월 7일

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Paul Chavarriaga, a leader in the genome editing and transformation platform of the Bioversity-CIAT Alliance, discussed the impact of climate change on agriculture at a recent event for the Society of Colombian Farmers. He stressed that climate change exacerbates existing issues like high temperatures, frosts, droughts, floods, pests, and diseases, threatening the viability of key crops. To address these challenges, Chavarriaga advocated for the use of modern biotechnology in agriculture, which can help develop new crop varieties that can withstand these events. However, he clarified that biotechnology alone cannot solve global structural issues like food inequality. Instead, it can provide localized solutions to specific problems. He cited the example of transgenic cassava in Kenya and the approval of golden rice in the Philippines as successful applications of biotechnology in addressing local health problems.

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For Paul Chavarriaga, new technologies will not solve major structural problems, but they can offer localized solutions in terms of production and climate. As part of the series of talks It is time for the field of the Society of Colombian Farmers (SAC), a space was given to talk about the crops of the future with the PhD. Paul Chavarriaga, leader of the genome editing and transformation platform of the Bioversity-CIAT Alliance. During the conversation, the expert scientist in crop improvement explained the relationship between climate change and agriculture, and how this connection has been changing the paradigm when improving plants that are currently crops of commercial interest. For Chavarriaga, we are forced to think and respond in a different way: “The climate has always been changing. We are now entering a new period of change evidently driven by human activity. Before, we took more time to establish a breeding program that lasted 15 or 20 years; but today the change is so ...

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