By Muhammad Amjad Ali and Amjad Abbas
LOW productivity in agriculture is a major cause of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition in low-income developing countries. Agricultural biotechnology offers great potential as an instrument for achieving food security and poverty reduction.. It uses advanced plant-breeding techniques to introduce beneficial traits to the crops grown for food and fibre.
The need for food security and economic value of agricultural products highlights their significance for all countries of the world, no matter at what stage of development they may be. It has been estimated that around 70 per cent of poor and food-insecure people reside in rural areas and depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. Whether in rural or urban areas, poor people spend as much as 50–70 per cent of their incomes on food.
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