This paper is relevant to the impact areas in the following areas:
| Crops | Not Crop-Specific |
| Traits | Not Trait-Specific |
| Countries | Not country-specific |
| Regions | Not region-specific |
| Tags | climate change, environmental impact |
Agriculture sector plays significant role in ensuring food security and sustainable development. The urbanization, industrialization, pollution, release of greenhouse gases, and adaptation of agrochemical-based crop production practices have increased heavy metals and other contaminants in the environment and food chain. The use of genetically modified stress-resistant crops reduces the impact of climate change. Genetically modified organisms are being made by inserting a gene from an external source such as microbes, animals or plants into generally unrelated species. The advantages of genetically modified crops for a society to solve the problem of food insecurity and malnutrition have been well established. Other benefits such as high nutritional value, herbicide tolerance, tolerance against abiotic and biotic stresses with high shelf life of crop products may be useful for farmers. Genetically modified crops are not a panacea but they have potential for achieving food security and can make a significant contribution to poverty alleviation in developing countries by increasing crop productivity under adverse climatic conditions.
Genetically Modified Crops to Combat Climate Change and Environment Protection: Current Status and Future Perspectives (held on an external server, and so may require additional authentication details)
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