Why we may HAVE TO genetically engineer crops to ensure food security

Will CRISPR gene editing guarantee us enough food in the future? How does it work to genetically engineer crops and is it dangerous? Some scientists say we need to increase productivity and create new crops that withstand heat and droughts as water, healthy soils, and agricultural land become scarcer. Genome editing, also known as gene scissors, differs from traditional genetic modification as it doesn't use foreign DNA - but the long-term environmental impacts of the technology are hard to assess.

Credits:
Reporter: Tim Schauenberg
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer

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Read More:
Who do feed the world in the future?:
https://www.wri.org/research/creating...

Application of CRISPR in Agriculture:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...

Associated risks:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:44 History of plant breeding
01:31 The dilemma
03:02 Rice harvests and droughts
04:20 What is genome editing and how it works
06:34 Smart Bananas
07:14 Risks & hype
09:24 Improving old varieties and AI
11:15 Pros & cons
12:04 Conclusion