We can expect that the next generation of biotechnology crops will offer many new benefits in terms of added nutritional value, for example, through increased vitamin content or the elimination of food allergens. It is important that consumers are not denied the potential benefits of such developments. Professor Ray Baker FRS, Chief Executive of the U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, established in 1994 by Royal Charter as a public body principally funded through the Office of Science and Technology of the Department of Trade and Industry. The scope of improvements offered by genetic modification in the future is much wider and consumer benefits much more evident. The UK-based Nuffield Council on Bioethics 1999 report.
Agricultural biotechnology holds promise for a hungry and ecologically fragile world.
The development of new crop varieties that offer increased yields, reduced inputs, and offer specialized traits that meet end-user needs is merely the starting point. American Soybean Association Chief Executive Officer Stephen S. Censky speech. With this powerful new genetic knowledge, scientists have the capability to pack large amounts of technology into a single seed. Norman Borlaug, Ph.D., Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. American Agri-Women supports the development and incorporation of biotechnological tools into agricultural research and production.