Harnessing Gene Editing for Sustainable Agriculture: Meeting Supply Chain Challenges at Mars
Time: 3:30 pm
day: Day Two
Details:
- Exploring how gene editing can enhance crop resilience and productivity, contributing to lower emissions and more sustainable farming practices
- Discussing the potential for gene editing to develop crops with enhanced water-use efficiency, helping to address the growing challenge of water scarcity in agriculture
- Examining how gene editing can be leveraged to increase yield and disease resistance in perennial crops like cacao, reducing the pressure for land expansion and deforestation
