Plant Breeding Paradigm

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Plant Breeding Paradigm NEEDS

NEEDS
Farmers Local environment Varietal performance
Plant breeders Crop Varieties
Consumers Quality Safety Consistency Value
Food Retailers Food Processors
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40 years of steady plant breeding research has
provided societal benefit Unacceptable vegetable
oil quality to Excellent quality Unacceptable
animal feed quality to Excellent animal feed
quality
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Oilseed Rape Production over 40 years FAO
Yearbook Statistics
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• The Benefit
• healthy
• good shelf life
• good for cooking
• fair price
• another choice

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Plant Breeding Paradigm NEEDS

NEEDS
Farmers Local environment Varietal performance
Plant breeders Crop Varieties
Consumers Quality Safety Consistency Value
Food Retailers Food Processors
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Plant breeders have now added genetic
modification to their toolbox AND Farmers are
reaping further benefits BUT Are consumers
benefiting?
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Canola Council of Canada Report 1997 -
2000 Herbicide Tolerant Canola Fuel Consumption
saving of 9.5 million litres in 1997 to 31.2
million litres in 2000. 13.1 million saved
based on a June 2000 average farm fuel price of
42 cents/litre Herbicide costs for transgenic
growers were 40 lower than for conventional
growers, even though the average number of
herbicide applications for the transgenic growers
was slightly higher (2.13 applications) than the
conventional growers (1.78 applications).
This difference is largely due to more frequent
glyphosate applications by the transgenic growers
and increased cultivation to control weeds by the
conventional growers. Increased grower revenue
of 5.80/ acre Indirect value to the industry up
to 215 million
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• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information,
  contact
• via e-mail at pace_at_ncfap.org
• Biotechnology Helps Protect U.S. Food Crops From
  Pests
• New study documents more food, lower production
  costs, fewer pounds of pesticide
• TORONTO (June 10, 2002) Biotechnology is
  helping control diseases and pests that take a
  bite out of U.S.-grown crops, resulting in more
  food production at lower costs and with less
  reliance upon pesticides, according to a
  comprehensive study released here at BIO 2002.
• The 40 case studies of 27 crops compiled by the
  National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy
  (NCFAP) documented that hardier crops developed
  through biotechnology can help Americans reap an
  additional 14 billion pounds of food and improve
  farm income 2.5 billion, while using 163 million
  fewer pounds of pesticide.
• This study explains the vast impact
  biotechnology is having and the future potential
  for our food production system, said Leonard
  Gianessi, program director for NCFAP, a
  nonprofit, Washington-based research
  organization. In some cases we studied,
  biotechnology offers the only practical way to
  control diseases that reduce yields and threaten
  entire crops.
• The study confirmed that six crops currently in
  the marketplace developed through biotechnology
  soybeans, corn, cotton, papaya, squash and canola
  produce an additional 4 billion pounds of food
  and fiber on the same acreage, improve farm
  income 1.5 billion and reduce pesticide volume
  by 46 million pounds.
• Assuming the additional 21 crops evaluated in the
  study are eventually planted, production would
  increase 10 billion pounds, farm income would
  improve 1 billion and pesticide volume would be
  reduced 117 million pounds. The study evaluated
  regional production in 27 of Americas crops, or
  slightly more than half of the U.S. crop value.
• As opposed to previous studies, our work goes
  well beyond the traditional agricultural
  commodities and evaluates the impact
  biotechnology can have on a much wider range of
  crops, including fruits and vegetables, Gianessi
  said. In fact, the study shows every region in
  the country stands to benefit from development of
  the new varieties evaluated in this study.

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R.H. Phipps and J.R. Park Centre for Dairy
Research, Department of Agriculture, University
of Reading Reading RG6 6A1,UK Estimates indicate
that if 50 of the maize, oil seed rape, sugar
beet, and cotton grown in the EU were GM
varieties, pesticide used in the EU/annum would
decrease by 14.5 million kg of formulated product
(4.4 million kg active ingredient). In addition
there would be a reduction of 7.5 million ha
sprayed which would save 20.5 million litres of
diesel and result in a reduction of approximately
73,000 t of carbon dioxide being released into
the atmosphere.
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