Nowadays there is controversy on biotechnological applications in agriculture. There is another school of thoughts which wants more emphasis on organic farming like zero budget farming.
Definitely organic farming because it is environment friendly and good for soil health. Moreover, the organically produced food grains are nutritious and devoid of any pesticide residues. Use of genetically modified crops is also beneficial to us in several ways but they are risky too. The main concern is their ill effects on human health.
Some related articles may be useful
science.sciencemag.org/content/332/6026/166
https://www.ijirset.com/upload/2014/january/59_ROLE.pdf
https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(15)00112-0
Dr Singh u are right to some extent that organic farming is ecofriendly. But the problem is crop productivity and we are to feed six billion people which may not be possible with organic farming.
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