Why do African countries focus on industrial products instead of products directly consumable?
Dr. Nelson? Dr. Philip Nelson: Certainly it doesn’t make sense that there isn’t a focus on feeding the people. I’m not sure I don’t know that area well enough to be able to speak with any confidence, but that activity must change if we’re going to. CO.NX Moderator (Jennryn): Dr. Gupta. (Inaudible) CO.NX Moderator (Jennryn): And our next question comes in, what impact does Global warming have on the production of food? Dr. Nelson? Dr. Philip Nelson: There’s no question you have had a good topic. That is going to change some of our production practices. We’re relying a lot upon our genetic readers and even GMOs to address this problem where we can have crops that will be adjusted to those kinds of growing conditions. There will be a world probably a world on Global shift in production activities. So, this is important aspect, and we cannot take it serious enough. CO.NX Moderator (Jennryn): Dr. Gupta? Dr. Modadugu Gupta: Certainly Global warming will have an impact on the food production
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