INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paperis to summarize the recent scientificdevelopments that underpinmodern biotechnologyand to discuss the potentialrisks and benefits when these are applied to agriculturalcrops. This introductory paper is intended for a generalaudience who are not specialists in the area but who areinterested in participating in the current debate about thefuture of genetically modified crops.
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