KARACHI: The use of biotechnology approach is vital for rapid agriculture development and healthcare in the country, a leadig scientist of the country said on Friday.
“The potential of biotech crops for the future is enormous,” said Dr M Iqbal Choudhary, Director of the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi. Droughts, floods, and temperature changes are predicted to become more prevalent and more severe, Choudhary said delivering a lecture at the ICCBS.
“We face the new challenges associated with the climate change, and hence, there will be a need for faster crop improvement programmes,” Choudhary said. There should be a national strategy and plan of action to use this revolutionary science, he said.
Biotech crops already contribute to some of the major challenges facing global society, including: food security and self-sufficiency, sustainability, alleviation of poverty and hunger, help in mitigating some of the challenges associated with climate change and global warming.
Nations are multiplying their agriculture productivity, preventing disease prevalence by universal vaccination, and solving the problem of environmental pollution, Pakistan should also chalk out a national strategy and plan of action to use this revolutionary science for solving preventing problems and for rapid development.
He said that there is a rapid population increase and in view of this Biotech crops can increase productivity and income significantly, and hence, can serve as an engine of rural economic growth that can contribute to the alleviation of poverty for the small and resource-poor farmers.
Dr Iqbal said that several biotech crop tools, including tissue culture, diagnostics, genomic, molecular marker-assisted selection (MAS) and biotech crops can be used Choudhary collectively for speeding up the breeding and help mitigate the effects of climate change.
“The potential of biotech crops for the future is enormous,” said Dr M Iqbal Choudhary, Director of the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi. Droughts, floods, and temperature changes are predicted to become more prevalent and more severe, Choudhary said delivering a lecture at the ICCBS.
“We face the new challenges associated with the climate change, and hence, there will be a need for faster crop improvement programmes,” Choudhary said. There should be a national strategy and plan of action to use this revolutionary science, he said.
Biotech crops already contribute to some of the major challenges facing global society, including: food security and self-sufficiency, sustainability, alleviation of poverty and hunger, help in mitigating some of the challenges associated with climate change and global warming.
Nations are multiplying their agriculture productivity, preventing disease prevalence by universal vaccination, and solving the problem of environmental pollution, Pakistan should also chalk out a national strategy and plan of action to use this revolutionary science for solving preventing problems and for rapid development.
He said that there is a rapid population increase and in view of this Biotech crops can increase productivity and income significantly, and hence, can serve as an engine of rural economic growth that can contribute to the alleviation of poverty for the small and resource-poor farmers.
Dr Iqbal said that several biotech crop tools, including tissue culture, diagnostics, genomic, molecular marker-assisted selection (MAS) and biotech crops can be used Choudhary collectively for speeding up the breeding and help mitigate the effects of climate change.
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