07-01-2013 07:31 AM | United Kingdom

GM crops in spotlight in battle against hunger

Last week's Oxford Farming Conference pushed the GM (genetic modification) debate back into the headlines.

It first became a hot topic in the UK about 15 years ago when Tony Blair's government decided to make GM crops available to farmers. The PM soon backtracked on that decision in the wake of the public backlash against the technology.
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