Smyth Stuart J
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5A8, Canada.
Glob Food Sec. 2020 Sep;26:100440. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100440. Epub 2020 Sep 28.
Crop agriculture and food production constantly face climactic challenges to the supply of safe, nutritious food. These challenges highlight the importance of innovation resulting in improved crop technologies, capable of providing consistently increasing yields in the face of abiotic and biotic stresses. This article addresses the challenge that regulatory barriers are, and can, have on the adoption of innovative crop and food technologies that improve food security. Evidence of increased crop yield and the potential for increased yields, are presented from innovative plant breeding technologies, especially gene editing. Recent advances from the use of gene editing in the pharmaceutical field may offer opportunities to reduce regulatory burdens.
作物农业和粮食生产在安全、营养食品供应方面一直面临气候挑战。这些挑战凸显了创新的重要性，创新带来了改良的作物技术，使其能够在面对非生物和生物胁迫时持续提高产量。本文探讨了监管壁垒对采用改善粮食安全的创新作物和食品技术所产生的以及可能产生的挑战。文中展示了创新植物育种技术，尤其是基因编辑技术带来的作物增产证据以及增产潜力。基因编辑技术在制药领域的最新进展可能为减轻监管负担提供机遇。
