وڊيو: CRISPRcon 2019 – Panel DiscussionGrowing for Good? Gene Editing and Agriculture

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Nigerian Global Farmer Network member, صبر ڪجو, wrote a few weeks ago in Let Africans Decide What Is Best For Africa about her participation on a panel at CRISPRcon 2019. The video of the recent panel discusson held in the Netherlands can be found at the organization’s website and seen at their YouTube صفحو. So now you can see for yourself exactly what this remarkable woman and farmer meant she posed the question in her column, “Why was a Europeanexpertlecturing me on what African farmers need and don’t need?”

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[Via] CRISPRconPublished on Jul 8, 2019
Gene editing could control crop pests, improve animal welfare, enhance nutrition, increase yields and more. What are the potential solutions and problems created or perpetuated by gene editing, including those related to social, economic and environmental outcomes? What are the right expectations for gene editing in agriculture? How can we ensure societal benefit?
Panelists:
-Johan van Arendonk, Hendrix Genetics
-صبر ڪجو, Replenish Farms
-Niels Louwaars, Plantum
-Leon Mol, Ahold Delhaize
-Tom Wakeford, ETC Group
Moderator: Hidde Boersma, Freelance Journalist
CRISPRcon – a program of the non-advocacy, non-profit Keystone Policy Center – creates a unique forum in which a broad selection of diverse voices come together to discuss the societal aspects of CRISPR and other emerging genetic technologies across applications including agriculture, health, and conservation. CRISPRcon 2019 was hosted by Wageningen University and Research on June 20-21 in the Netherlands. This marked the third annual CRISPRcon and the first outside the U.S.
For more info, دوري CRISPRcon.org.
Onyaole صبر Koku
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صبر ڪوڪو ريجنل ليڊ طور GFN جي خدمت ڪري رهيو آهي: آفريڪا. صبر جو فارم جيري آزارا آبپاشي اسڪيم تي واقع آهي, Kagarko مقامي حڪومت, ڪدونا رياست نائيجيريا ۾. فارم سينٽر پيوٽ ايريگيشن تحت سال ۾ ٻه فصل پيدا ڪري ٿو. اهي نائيجيريا ۾ وڏين فوڊ پروسيسنگ ڪمپنين لاءِ اڪثر ٻج مکڻ ۽ مکڻ جو اناج وڌندا آهن, نائيجيريا جي فلور ملز وانگر. هوءَ وصول ڪندڙ آهي 2019 ڪليڪنر انعام گلوبل فارمر نيٽورڪ کان ۽ 2018 ڪرنل الائنس فار سائنس فارمر آف دي سال. هوءَ ڪارنيل الائنس فار سائنس ايڊوائزري بورڊ تي پڻ ڪم ڪري ٿي. پنهنجي وقت ۾ GFN جي ميمبر جي حيثيت ۾, هن وڏن مرحلن تي وکالت ڪئي آهي.

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One thought on “وڊيو: CRISPRcon 2019 – Panel DiscussionGrowing for Good? Gene Editing and Agriculture

  1. Hidde Boersma is one of the producers of a fantastic documentary, “Well Fed”, for which everyone should spare some 50 minutes.

    It’s here, with a possibility to activate Dutch, انگريزي, French or Spanish subtitles:

    https://vimeo.com/188913344

    If the filmakers read this, and even if notCONGRATULATION! I had some nice things to say about it here:

    seppi.over-blog.com/2018/12/well-fed-bien-nourris-un-vrai-documentaire-sur-les-ogm.html

    And CONGRATULATIONS, Patience for your efforts.