Will GM crops and foods be in widespread use in the UK, Europe & the world by 2050?

Gordon Conway, Imperial College

GM Crops and Food Security 2010-2050

Parliamentary Food and Health Forum, London, July 21st, 2010

Recombinant DNA or ‘GM’ Crops

Key Factors• I b hungry, 9 b popn. by 2050• Wheat and rice• Major pests, diseases – rust, blight, striga• Improved Nutrition – Omega 3, vitamin A• China, Brazil• Africa• Climate Change – drought resistance• Greenhouse Gases – C. sequestration,

methane, nitrous oxide• Organic agriculture

Uganda

Temperature and rainfall projections, 1980 to 1999 versus 2080 to 2099

scenario A1B