Food Crops Derived from Agricultural Biotechnology

• - “We need to do a better job of working with scientists and farmers and political leaders to make sure there is a consistent message that comes from this country about the importance of biotechnology as a strategy for meeting world demand.” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, February 24, 2011 
• “We believe that biotechnology has a critical role to play in increasing agricultural productivity, particularly in light of climate change. We also believe it can help to improve the nutritional value of staple foods.” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, October 16, 2009
• “I became a scientist because one of my goals was to develop disease-resistant crops that require fewer chemical inputs than non-resistant crops – disease-resistance that didn.t need a chemical treatment. When that solution came through biotechnology, I considered it a sustainable outcome. Others define „sustainability. as not involving biotechnology. We disagree.” Dr. Roger Beachy, NIFA Director and USDA Chief Scientist, February 18, 2010
• “New technologies - like biotechnology, conservation tillage, drip irrigation, integrated pest management, and new multiple-cropping practices - have improved the efficiency and productivity of agricultural resources over the last decade. Around the world some 14 million small and resource poor farmers in the developing world have already benefited from biotechnology crops.”Jose Fernandez, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State, January 21, 2011
• “Biotech is going to be absolutely critical…what we haven.t done is shown people how different modern biotechnology can make farming.” Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State and to the Administrator of USAID, February 12, 2010

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