2 thoughts on “Boffins cannot develop new crops quickly enough to keep up with climate change”
In Africa, researchers found that it can take 10-30 years before farmers can grow a new breed of maize..
By the time these new crops are planted, they face a warmer environment than they were developed in.
Well, fuck. As if Africa hasn't suffered enough FFS.
But would the use of genetic modification (GM) help speed up this type of work?
"GM does some things faster, so you would get a new variety of crop faster," said Prof Challinor.
"But it doesn't get you out of the testing requirement in fact the testing may in fact be greater and it doesn't help it all with farmers accessing seeds and markets – the problem will remain even for a magic GM crop."
OK, can we please stop listening to the wingnuts and DO something now? For FUCK'S sake?
I'm not sure what's going on in this specific study, the cynic in me says that it's horseshit to now say things need to be streamlined to avoid the worst crisis. Somebody sees $$$$. It's not as if no-one has been looking into crops that grow in hot, arid places. https://snre.arizona.edu/about/arid-lands-studies [ also lotsa other institutions in the S.W. and other arid regions ]
'feed people ag. ' has been fucked for decades in much of the world, so not really a surprise that the current situation is fucked.
Well, fuck. As if Africa hasn't suffered enough FFS.
OK, can we please stop listening to the wingnuts and DO something now? For FUCK'S sake?
I'm not sure what's going on in this specific study, the cynic in me says that it's horseshit to now say things need to be streamlined to avoid the worst crisis. Somebody sees $$$$. It's not as if no-one has been looking into crops that grow in hot, arid places. https://snre.arizona.edu/about/arid-lands-studies [ also lotsa other institutions in the S.W. and other arid regions ]
'feed people ag. ' has been fucked for decades in much of the world, so not really a surprise that the current situation is fucked.