Bayer Sees More GMO Adoption as War in Ukraine Stokes Global Food Insecurity
- Food-importing nations seeking to deploy more GMO options
- War in Ukraine has disrupted grain supplies on global market
An employee inspects green barley shoots at a Bayer CropScience research and development center in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Food security concerns stemming from the war in Ukraine are creating a more favorable environment for the adoption of genetically modified crops globally, according to the head of Bayer AG’s Crop Science unit.
The conflict, which has caused disruptions in grain supplies, was a “wake up call” for food-importing nations in Asia and Africa to seek more self-sufficiency, Bayer’s Rodrigo Santos said in a Tuesday interview in New York City.