What Can Biotechnology Do?
Modern biotechnology can help meet the world’s food needs in many ways. Just think:

What would happen if a disease or insect infestation spread across the world?
Biotechnology helps develop crops that are less vulnerable to diseases or insects. That benefits the farmer and the consumer, because it can produce safer food products.

How can agriculture supply important nutrition to starving people?
Thanks to biotechnology, we can develop crops that have a better mix of nutrients, such as more complete proteins or higher vitamin content.

How can we reduce farmers’ and consumers’ exposure to hazardous pesticides?
Biotechnology often reduces the farmer’s need to use pesticides to control insects and weeds.

How can we reduce the soil loss that can be caused by planting crops and preserve our precious wildlife?
Biotechnology allows us to achieve higher crop production with less acreage. By reducing the pressure to cut down natural habitat in order to increase crop acres, this may be especially important in countries with poor soil and large populations to feed.