Vice Chancellor for Research to Assess Impact of Biotech

Research will generate information on benefits, costs and bio-safety issues, he says.

Coimbatore: The Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, C. Ramasamy, has called for a “rigorous scientific research” to assess the socioeconomic impacts of biotech products on agriculture.

Inaugurating a workshop on Policy Research in Agricultural Biotechnology in the university recently, he said agricultural biotechnology was a strategically significant tool for improving national food security, raising agricultural productivity of crops, declining water availability and other biotic and abiotic stresses.

The research would generate information on the benefits, costs, distribution of benefits, consumer preferences, bio-safety issues and regulatory framework associated with biotechnology for informed decision-making.

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