World Chronicle 943: Charles Riemenschneider, FAO

Abderrahim Foukara interviews Dr. Charles Riemenschneider, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director for North America, for World Chronicle program 943.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:00
• Production Date: 27 May 2004
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ABDERRAHIM FOUKARA; CHARLES RIEMENSCHNEIDER; EDITH LEDERER; RICARDO ALDAY
• Corporate Name: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION - FAO
• Subject Topical: AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURE; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROPS
• MAMS Id: 2180508
• Parent Id: 824980

Description

"Biotech and Agriculture in Poor Countries"

Genetically modified crops have been part of a heated international debate that reached a high pitch in 2002 - when the African nation of Zambia refused modified corn as food aid, despite a famine in the country. But the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization - FAQ - argues that bioengineered crops have great potential for helping the world's poor. Will that potential become reality? Do considerations about the marketability of bioengineered food in Europe affect the environmental debate? Can biotechnology truly help poor farmers unless there is research and development to increase yield, and reduce pesticide use, for the "the crops of the poor", such as cassava? Is the debate over genetic engineering in agriculture now over, or is it simply shifting to new ground? These are some of the issues explored in this edition of World Chronicle with guest Charles Riemenschneider, FAO's Director for North America.

• Scripts: File; 943.pdf (44.43 KB)