Question

6. Complete the following chart.
Merits of
Biotechnology​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Biotechnology simply raises that capability to a new level of precision. Like earlier technologies, biotechnology promises to provide many advantages, especially in three broad categories: environmental protection, higher yields, and improvements in human health

Answer 2

Explanation:

On October 6, 1999, Norman Borlaug, the 85-year-old Nobel laureate, visionary, and father of the Green Revolution, stood in the bright sunlight of a Texas fall day as a new Crop Biotechnology Building at Texas A&M University was named in his honor. In his address to the crowd assembled for the occasion, Dr. Borlaug did not reflect on his life accomplishments. Instead he issued an impassioned challenge for the future. Arguing eloquently that peace will not be achieved until we feed the world, he called on agricultural scientists to pursue advances in biotechnology vigorously to enable humanity to realize this fundamental goal in the twenty-first century (Borlaug, 1999).

As an administrator at a land-grant university, I can tell you that Norman Borlaug’s call to advance agricultural science in the service of humanity resonates strongly with our teaching, research, and extension faculty. Yet, on a day-to-day basis, we go into our laboratories and test fields with short-term goals and benefits in mind in the belief that incremental advances will lead us toward solutions to the world’s most daunting problems. In this paper, I will outline some of the current and anticipated benefits to humanity from agricultural biotechnology, offer a few examples of exceptionally promising technologies, and note the key challenges we face.

For centuries, farmers have relied on the newest technologies of their era, such as hybridization and selective animal breeding, to produce foods with specific beneficial traits. Biotechnology simply raises that capability to a new level of precision. Like earlier technologies, biotechnology promises to provide many advantages, especially in three broad categories: environmental protection, higher yields, and improvements in human health.