Zinyalala ndi vuto lalikulu kwa alimi ndi ogula. Ogulitsa ku United States amataya zambiri zomwe amabweretsa kuchokera m'masitolo ogulitsa - pafupifupi mabiliyoni 133 a chakudya pachaka - malinga ndi USDA, kuchuluka kwa $ 161 biliyoni. Nthawi zambiri izi zimachitika chifukwa zinthu zomwe zimawonongeka zisanakhale nthawi yakudya.
Alimi nthawi zambiri amataya zokolola zake chifukwa cha tizirombo ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda - pafupifupi, kutaya kumayambira pa zisanu ndi zitatu mpaka pafupifupi 30 peresenti ya mbewu, kutengera mbewu yomwe idalimidwa (malinga ndi kafukufuku wa 2019).
Mutha kuthetsa mavuto ndi tizirombo ndi matenda pochiza minda ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo. Koma masiku ano ogula ali ndi nkhawa makamaka za "ukhondo" ndi chitetezo cha zinthu, ndipo kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala kumayendetsedwa ndi malamulo okhwima. M'mikhalidwe imeneyi, alimi akusankha kwambiri mankhwala otchedwa biopesticides, omwe, malinga ndi US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alibe poizoni.
Munkhani iyi ya Science Facts and Mistakes, genetic Literacy Project, Jamie Bacher, wasayansi yolemba masamu komanso wopeza poyambitsa biotechnology oyambira Boost Biomes, aphatikizana ndi mkonzi wa a Cameron English a GLP kuti akambirane njira zatsopano zomwe kampani yake imayang'anira pakuwongolera tizilombo komanso kulimbikitsa kukhazikika ulimi.
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