Enabling genetic technologies for food security

The Enabling genetic technologies for food security briefing (PDF) sets out recent developments in using the GM method for crop improvement. This has seen the technology used in a growing number of countries to enhance resistance to pests and diseases, improve nutrition and elevate tolerance to heat and drought. The UK’s leading plant scientists and expertise in commercial crop breeding mean it is well placed to deliver the benefits of deploying this technology. Discoveries made by UK scientists have already been commercialised in other countries, but not in the UK.