And against the food crisis, the EU thinks about GMOs: “Today they are less risky”

GMOs, or rather their “Tea” variation, are returning from minor – hopefully – risks to health and the environment. Just as the energy crisis has brought coal back to the fore, the most anachronistic of sources in times of ecological transition, the food crisis is leading to unpredictable upheavals in the rules for agriculture in Europe.

“Tea” stands for Assisted Evolution Techniques, Ngt in the English diction (New genomic techniques) used by the EU commission for an urgent study launched to plug the wheat crisis: the goal is to improve agricultural productivity (not just wheat but corn, soy, rice, potatoes) reducing the vulnerability of plants to drought, hail, pests, diseases.