Future Biotech Products to Make a Difference

Biotechnology will continue to make a difference in improving farmer productivity, contributing to healthier food, and increasing environmental sustainability. It will continue to accelerate the research and development process, allowing ways to bring improved products to the market faster. This was stressed by Michelle Waber of Dupont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. in “Biotechnology: Delivering in the present, looking to the future” published in the magazine AgroLinks of CropLife Asia.

Waber says that the following products are worth looking forward to

• Corn with improved tolerance to heat and drought
• More new, consumer-friendly products using building blocks for polymers from fermentation processes, thereby creating materials with performance-enhancing features
• Food quality improvements including: corn that allows for increased absorption of iron, thereby reducing the need for iron supplements; soybean oils with more cooking stability and health value; and better tasting soybean that performs better as an ingredient.

Read the full article in the June issue of AgroLinks. The entire magazine can be downloaded at http://www.croplifeasia.org/ref_library/croplifeAsia/AgroLinksJun2007.pdf.