title: Moving beyond the GM debate.
abstract: Once again, there are calls to reopen the debate on genetically modified (GM) crops. I find these calls frustrating and unnecessarily decisive. In my opinion the GM debate, on both sides, continues to hamper the urgent need to address the diverse and pressing challenges of global food security and environmental sustainability. The destructive power of the debate comes from its conflation of unrelated issues, coupled with deeply rooted misconceptions of the nature of agriculture.
authors.affiliation: Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ottoline
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Leyser
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics*; D005523:Food Supply; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified