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Opinion and Comment

Nature Biotechnology 26, 500–501 (1 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt0508-500

Off the rails or on the mark?

Joanna Chataway , Joyce Tait & David Wield

To the editor: Your March editorial on the recent International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) bemoans the report's grudging and in places inaccurate analysis of the present and future contribution of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to world agriculture. Another editorial and subsequent correspondence in Nature has focused more on the decision of several key players to withdraw from the team developing the report, for reasons similar to those expressed in your editorial.