GM crops ''do not offer a food security solution''
Date posted: 08 Jan 2010
Food security will not be attained through the use of genetically modified (GM) technologies, according to a member of the Soil Association.
Commenting in a news piece on the organisation''s website, the body''s policy manager Emma Hockridge claims that the focus should be turned away from GM foods and onto things like Marker Assisted Selection.
Food security will not be attained through the use of genetically modified (GM) technologies, according to a member of the Soil Association.
Commenting in a news piece on the organisation''s website, the body''s policy manager Emma Hockridge claims that the focus should be turned away from GM foods and onto things like Marker Assisted Selection.
Ms Hockridge commented: "We need far-reaching changes to our food and farming systems, rather than GM technology, which, despite millions in public and private research expenditure, has consistently failed to deliver food security."
The article also reports her as suggesting that food security is more likely to be achieved if farmers adopt organic and agro-ecological techniques.
Ms Hockridge''s comments follow opinions concerning GM food which were recently outlined at the Oxford Farming Conference by Professor John Beddington.
Meanwhile, earlier in the week the government launched its Food 2030 strategy to try to address the need for greater food security.
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