date:Jul 17, 2012
gating the feasibility of enabling cereal crops to start up the same complex relationship with nitrogen fixing bacteria.
Lead scientist Professor Giles Oldroyd at the JIC, said that a new method of nitrogen fertilisation is needed in Africa as fertilisers are unaffordable for small-scale farmers.
Delivering new technology within the seed of crops has many benefits for farmers as well as the environment, such as self-reliance and equity,Oldroyd said.
Blue skies or GM crop on the horizon?
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