In Hanoi on Mar. 4, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and theInternational Service for The Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)jointly held a seminar on genetic manipulation.
Addressing the seminar,Trieu Van Hung, Director of MARD’s Department of Science and Technology, saidISAAA’s annual reports and analysis on genetically modified plants were of greatvalue to Vietnam , which has been studying technological advances inagricultural production.
The development and application of advancedbio-technology in Vietnam through 2020 has been a key programme, aiming tocreate new varieties of plants and animals that provide high yields, goodquality and economic efficiency, Hung said.
ISAAA President Dr. CliveJames said that over the past years, the benefits of genetically modified plantshave become clear--increasing both output and people’s incomes, protectingbiodiversity, the environment and the climate, as well as other socio-economicbenefits.
The added value from such plants from 1996 to 2008 wasestimated at 52 billion USD, with half of the value being from reducedproduction costs and the other half from increased output.
In 2009, theacreage for the farming of bio-tech plants was 134 million ha, a 7 percentincrease over 2008.
Twenty-five countries grew bio-tech plants in the1996-2009 period. Of them, developing countries expanded the bio-tech plantsareas faster than developed ones, making up 46 percent of the total area and areexpected to reach 50 percent in 2015.
Dr. Clive James expected thatVietnam would soon stand among those countries in genetic mutation technology./.
Addressing the seminar,Trieu Van Hung, Director of MARD’s Department of Science and Technology, saidISAAA’s annual reports and analysis on genetically modified plants were of greatvalue to Vietnam , which has been studying technological advances inagricultural production.
The development and application of advancedbio-technology in Vietnam through 2020 has been a key programme, aiming tocreate new varieties of plants and animals that provide high yields, goodquality and economic efficiency, Hung said.
ISAAA President Dr. CliveJames said that over the past years, the benefits of genetically modified plantshave become clear--increasing both output and people’s incomes, protectingbiodiversity, the environment and the climate, as well as other socio-economicbenefits.
The added value from such plants from 1996 to 2008 wasestimated at 52 billion USD, with half of the value being from reducedproduction costs and the other half from increased output.
In 2009, theacreage for the farming of bio-tech plants was 134 million ha, a 7 percentincrease over 2008.
Twenty-five countries grew bio-tech plants in the1996-2009 period. Of them, developing countries expanded the bio-tech plantsareas faster than developed ones, making up 46 percent of the total area and areexpected to reach 50 percent in 2015.
Dr. Clive James expected thatVietnam would soon stand among those countries in genetic mutation technology./.
