The potential impact of plant biotechnology on the Millennium Development Goals

Yuan, Dawei; Bassie Rene, Ludovic; Sabalza Gallués, Maite; Miralpeix i Anglada, Bruna; Dashevskaya, Svetlana; Farré Martinez, Gemma; Rivera Vélez, Sol Maiam; Banakar, Raviraj; Bai, Chao; Sanahuja Solsona, Georgina; Arjó Pont, Gemma; Avilla, Eva; Zorrilla López, Uxue; Ugidos-Damboriena, Nerea; López, Alberto; Almacellas, David; Zhu, Changfu; Capell Capell, Teresa; Hahne, Gunther; Twyman, Richard M.; Christou, Paul

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2011

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Yuan, Dawei

Bassie Rene, Ludovic

Sabalza Gallués, Maite

Miralpeix i Anglada, Bruna

Dashevskaya, Svetlana

Farré Martinez, Gemma

Rivera Vélez, Sol Maiam

Banakar, Raviraj

Bai, Chao

Sanahuja Solsona, Georgina

Arjó Pont, Gemma

Avilla, Eva

Zorrilla López, Uxue

Ugidos-Damboriena, Nerea

López, Alberto

Almacellas, David

Zhu, Changfu

Capell Capell, Teresa

Hahne, Gunther

Twyman, Richard M.

Christou, Paul

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Yuan, Dawei; Bassie Rene, Ludovic; Sabalza Gallués, Maite; Miralpeix i Anglada, Bruna; Dashevskaya, Svetlana; Farré Martinez, Gemma; ... Christou, Paul. (2011) . The potential impact of plant biotechnology on the Millennium Development Goals. Plant Cell Reports, 2011, vol. 30, núm. 3, p. 249-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-010-0987-5.

Abstract

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international development targets for the year 2015 that aim to achieve relative improvements in the standards of health, socioeconomic status and education in the world’s poorest countries. Many of the challenges addressed by the MDGs reflect the

direct or indirect consequences of subsistence agriculture in the developing world, and hence, plant biotechnology has an important role to play in helping to achieve MDG targets. In this opinion article, we discuss each of the MDGs in turn, provide examples to show how plant biotechnology may be able to accelerate progress towards the stated MDG objectives, and offer our opinion on the likelihood of such technology being implemented. In combination with other strategies, plant biotechnology can make a contribution towards sustainable development in the future although the extent to which progress can be made in today’s political climate depends on how we deal with current barriers to adoption.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/56833

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-010-0987-5

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Plant Cell Reports, 2011, vol. 30, núm. 3, p. 249-265