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Africa: Microbes ‘Cheaper, Fairer’ for Boosting Yields Than GM
September 30, 2013 Editor 0
[SciDev.Net]Adapting microbes that dramatically increase crop yields while reducing demand for fertilisers and pesticides through selective breeding or genetic engineering could be cheaper and more flexible than genetically modifying plants themselves, says an author of a report.
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