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Genetically Modified Crops can Solve India's Food and Biofuel Requirements - 2/28/08

India has the fastest growing genetically modified (GM) crop adoption program in the world. If fully implemented commercially, this could allow India to be food self-sufficient and provide India and the world with biofuel needs.

By the use of biotechnology in food crops, India would be able to grow higher yield crops, becoming an agriculture world leader. With the shortage of wheat, edible oil, and rice in India, the program goal is to produce an additional 8 million tons of wheat, 10 million tons of rice and 2 million tones of pulses in 4 years.

India is currently the world’s second biggest producer of wheat and edible oils. After adopting the production of GM crop Bt cotton, India has surpassed the U.S. becoming the second biggest producer of cotton.

Biotechnology will play a heavy hand in providing the biofuel needs of India and the world. The technology could allow India to become the second largest producer of sugar cane which can be used for the production of ethanol.

The biggest problem according to Clive James, chairman of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications is India not using the technology.

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