ROLE OF NEW PLANT

BREEDING TECHNOLOGIES
FOR FOOD SECURITY AND
S U S TA I N A B L E
A G R I C U LT U R E
DEVELOPMENT

Matin Qaim
 There are more than
800 million
Food Security and
chronically hungry,
Low dietary quality
and 2 billion are
cause huge pablic
micronutrients-
health problems.
deficients (FAO
2019a).
INTRODUCTIO
N Plant Breeding has
contributed to It decrease the
considerable yield global proportion og
during last 100 hungry people from
years (Huang 50% to 11 % around
et.al.2002;Evenson today (FAO 2019a).
et.al. 2003)
NEW PLANT BREEDING TECHNOLOGIES

This could contribute

GENETICALLY to a sustainable
GENE EDITED
MODIFIED Agriculture and secure
CROPS
ORGANISMS food security (Bailey-
Serres et. Al.)
 • This review provide an overview of NPBTS,
OBJECTIVES with their role for food security and
sustainable Agriculture
 Norman Borlaug- The“ father
GREEN of the Green Revolution”,
which he received Nobel Peace
Green Revolution- Increase of
food supply in short period of
Prize in 1970 for his time.By the use of Irrigation,

REVOLUTION contribution to increasing

world food supply and food
security.
Fertilizer and other
agrochemicals.
Increase of staple food However, Africa is the
improved the only region worldwide
availability and where number of
affordability of hungry people is still
calories. increasing.
 Environmental- results to
falling ground water tables,
soil and water pollution,
nitrous oxide emissions,and
other environmental issues
(Foley et.al.2011)

PROBLEMS Biodiversity- NPBTs reduce

greenhouse emissions from
WITH GREEN agriculture and help preserved
more natural habitats.

REVOLUTION

Human Nutrition-
micronutrients deficiency. Also
decrease dietary diversity.
G E N E T I C A L LY M O D I F I E D O R G A N I S M S

Which the genes coding

for desirable traits have GMO crops are often Thus involve Herbicide
been inserted through the referred to as transgenic Tolerance and Insect
process of genetic crops. Resistance.
Engineering (Qaim 2009).
 GENE EDITING

Refers to techniques in which DNA is inserted, modified,replaced or

deleted in genome of a living organism at predetermined location.

Methods of gene editing includes zinc finger, TALEN and

CRISPR/CAS SYSTEM.
 • NPBTS are a complement, not a substitute
for conventional breeding.

• Pest and Disease Resistance

BREEDING • Agronomic Traits
OBJECTIVES • Product Quality
WITH NPBTS • New Domestication and Crop Diversity

• Speed Breeding
 Related to Particular traits
Breeding Process developed

TECHNOLOGI
CAL RISKS GMOs are not
inherently more It also the most
risky than highly regulated
conventional and tested food
breeding (EASAC products.
2013 et.al.)
E F F E C T S O F N P B T S O N S U S TA I N A B L E
DEVELOPMENT

Adoption of GMO

GMOs were planted on 192 million hectares equivalent to

14% of world cropland.

Effects of GMOs Adoption- it has increased crop yields by

22% reduce chemical pesticides quatities by 37%
F U T U R E N P B T A P P L I C AT I O N

Golden Rice

Many of thes technologies could contribute significantly to

sustainable Agricultural development and food security.
R E G U L AT I O N S A N D P U B L I C P E R C E P T I O N

More research and Testing is required.

Biosafety and food safety procedures.

 NPBTs, including GMOs
NPBTs offer large potential and gene-edited crops,can
CONCLUSION to contribute to sustainable
Agriculture development and
help to further increase
yields, while addressing the
food security. shortcomings of Green
Revolution Technologies
 Overregulation and Public
Developing Country are well
misperceptions stirred and
CONCLUSION pertuated by consistently false
NGO narrativ about risks
advised to use GMO and gene-
edited crops more confidently
for the benefit of their farmer
obstruct the way more efficient
and consumers.
development and use of NPBTs
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R E C O M M E N D AT Philippines can Educate the Filipino More Research
practice this New farmers to the New facilities for the
ION Plant Breeding
Technologies
techniques in
breeding new
NPBTS here in the
Philippines for the
(NPBTs) for the variety of crops for Filipino Farmers.
consumers and high yield of crops.
farmers.