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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Cerrados; Embrapa Soja.
Data corrente: | 12/11/2008
Data da última atualização: | 12/11/2008
Autoria: | PAIVA, E.; NEPOMUCENO, A. L.
Título: | OGMs na agricultura brasileira e mundial.
Ano de publicação: | 2008
Fonte/Imprenta: | In: FALEIRO, F. G.; FARIAS NETO, A. L. de (Ed.). Savanas: desafios e estratégias para o equilíbrio entre sociedade, agronegócio e recursos naturais. Planaltina, DF: Embrapa Cerrados, 2008. cap. 24, p. 795-810.
Idioma: | Português
Conteúdo: | There is no more doubt that the world's food production systems are overloaded and unstable. The cycle of cheap food and overabundance has nearly reached its limit as a result of economic growth of very populations countries such as China, India, Brazil, decrease in food production due to global warning and the employment of unsustainable agriculture practices in food production. The adoption of biotech crops associated with good traditional farming practices is being considered a top priority in any country that whishes to have food security (quantity and quality) associated with environmental protection. The future for biotech crops looks encouraging all over world. In 2007, there were 23 countries planting biotech crops in an area that reached 114.3 million hectares. The first dozen years of biotech crops commercialization have provided substantial economical and environmental benefits to rich and poor farmers in both industrial and developing countries. Brazil is the third largest adopter of biotech crops in the world, cultivating an area of 15 million hectares, of which 14.5 million hectares were planted with soybean resistant to the herbicide glyphosate and 0.5 million hectares with cotton tolerant to insects. However, the design and implementation of the biosafety regulatory system in the country is being very difficult and slowly done. The reason for this, are the aggressive actions of "environmental groups" which are against the technology. They have being very efficient in scaring and misinforming judges and politicians, delaying a more quickly and rational adoption of the biotech crops in Brazil. This delay had already resulted in large economical, technological and environmental loses to the country.
Palavras-Chave: | Bioatecnologia; Transgênico.
Thesagro: | Biossegurança; Engenharia Genética.
Categoria do assunto: | --
Registro original: | Embrapa Cerrados (CPAC)

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