10/06/14
Live debate: What’s wrong with GM?
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scidev.netis hosting a live text debate on genetically modified (GM) organisms on our global edition on Wednesday 11 June. For details on how to get involved, please see below.
The arguments about GM continue to rage in farming, research and development communities across the world. Some declare the technology to be an environmental hazard and a threat to smallholder farmers. Others say it can feed billions more people in the face of climate change, water scarcity and population growth.
In the lead up to this debate, we published a series of opinions on GM by experts from the SciDev.Net regions. These experts will now lead the discussions about the science of GM and unlock some of its myths. How can countries regulate its use? Why is it such a controversial topic and, within all this, what exactlyis通用汽车错误？
辩论将在我们全球版的评论部分进行。请在下面登录，并在该版本的主题上添加您的评论和问题。
We will be cross-posting any questions we get via Twitter (@scidevnet) using the hashtag#gmdebate, so please get in touch.
Panel
Pervaiz Amiris an agricultural economist and specialist in water, climate change and smallholder agriculture. He is a director of the Pakistan Water Partnership.
通用汽车的立场：在他的scidev.net意见作品，阿米尔（Amir）认为，巴基斯坦的经验表明，通用汽车技术不适合小型农业。
通用汽车的立场：在他的opinion article, Lynas, who formerly opposed the technology,讨论转基因作物如何在南亚带来大大改善的收获。
Tarek Kapielis a plant biotechnologist at Al-Baha University in Saudi Arabia and Cairo University in Egypt. He is a consultant to many Arab bodies.
通用汽车的立场：直到我们更多地了解通用食品的好处和危险，Kapiel argues in his opinion piece, fast, effective and cheap tests are needed in his region to ensure people can find out if they are eating such food。
玛格丽特·卡雷姆布（Margaret Karembu）is director of the ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications) AfriCenter and chair of the Kenyan branch of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology Programming Committee.
通用汽车的立场：在她的文章中Karembu says an anti-GM lobby is using unfounded arguments to block GM crops that could fight food insecurity and environmental degradation.
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信仰恩古西是内罗毕的ISAAA（国际收购农业生物技术申请的国际服务）的高级计划官，对农业技术转移特别感兴趣。此前，她在肯尼亚农业研究所担任高级研究官20年。
安妮·卡特林·施拉格（Anne Katrin Schlag）是伦敦国王学院国王风险管理中心的高级研究员，她专门从事风险感知和风险管理。她的博士学位介绍了通用食品的公众和专家看法以及媒体代表。
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