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 In an interview with journalist Andy Duckworth for an article about the exhibition in The Guardian, Frison took the opportunity to talk about one of his favorite topics, that only GM can save the banana (see section, "Only GM can save the banana").<ref>The interview is available on podcast at Andy Duckworth, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2008/dec/22/science-weekly-extra-podcast-gm Science Weekly Extra: Future foods]", 22 December 2008, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
-Interestingly, as is plain from this interview, Frison is a champion of genetic diversity in food production. How this squares with GM, which has the effect of narrowing the genetic pool to the tiny selection of GM crops that the big companies are promoting at any one time, is difficult to se
+Interestingly, as is plain from this interview, Frison is a champion of genetic diversity in food production. How this squares with GM, which has the effect of narrowing the genetic pool to the tiny selection of GM crops that the big companies are promoting at any one time, is difficult to see.
 ==Affiliations==

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	Bioversity International is funded by, among others, the [[Global Crop Diversity Trust]], which in turn gets funding from GM giants [[DuPont]] and [[Syngenta]] (see section, "Funding").		Bioversity International is funded by, among others, the [[Global Crop Diversity Trust]], which in turn gets funding from GM giants [[DuPont]] and [[Syngenta]] (see section, "Funding").

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−	Frison represented CGIAR at the opening of the exhibition on GM foods, "Future Foods", held at the [[Science Museum]], London in December 2008. The exhibition was supported by CGIAR.<ref>"[http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news_and_events/news/news/article/interview-with-emile-frison-in-london.html Interview with Emile Frison in London]", Bioversity International website, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>

−	In an interview with journalist Andy Duckworth for an article about the exhibition in The Guardian, Frison took the opportunity to talk about one of his favorite topics, that only GM can save the banana (see section, "Only GM can save the banana").<ref>The interview is available on podcast at Andy Duckworth, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2008/dec/22/science-weekly-extra-podcast-gm Science Weekly Extra: Future foods]", 22 December 2008, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
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−	Interestingly, as is plain from this interview, Frison is a champion of genetic diversity in food production. How this squares with GM, which has the effect of narrowing the genetic pool to the tiny selection of GM crops that the big companies are promoting at any one time, is difficult to see.

	=="Only GM can save the banana"==		=="Only GM can save the banana"==

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	Plant pathologist Dr David Jones, a banana specialist, has also contradicted the claim that genetic engineering may be the only option for improving "sterile" banana cultivars. He points out that although "sterile" bananas "don't breed well, if at all, they can be induced to produce seed if pollinated by hand. Honduras's agricultural research foundation has had the most successful conventional banana breeding programme to date. The Honduran Foundation of Agricultural Research has bred disease-resistant bananas that are now grown extensively in Cuba [where severe problems with disease occurred previously]. One called Goldfinger is also grown in Australia, and others are on trial in Africa and elsewhere. Conventional breeding can deliver the goods, especially when it comes to bananas favoured by developing countries. It is true that it may be impossible to alter traits in the familiar 'Cavendish' banana with conventional breeding because of sterility problems. But it may be possible to breed a commercially acceptable disease-resistant export banana using a fertile dwarf variety of 'Gros Michel', an earlier export dessert banana."<ref>David Jones, "[http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/news/2003/13120-en.html Bananas about GM]", New Scientist, August 4, 2001, Letters</ref>		Plant pathologist Dr David Jones, a banana specialist, has also contradicted the claim that genetic engineering may be the only option for improving "sterile" banana cultivars. He points out that although "sterile" bananas "don't breed well, if at all, they can be induced to produce seed if pollinated by hand. Honduras's agricultural research foundation has had the most successful conventional banana breeding programme to date. The Honduran Foundation of Agricultural Research has bred disease-resistant bananas that are now grown extensively in Cuba [where severe problems with disease occurred previously]. One called Goldfinger is also grown in Australia, and others are on trial in Africa and elsewhere. Conventional breeding can deliver the goods, especially when it comes to bananas favoured by developing countries. It is true that it may be impossible to alter traits in the familiar 'Cavendish' banana with conventional breeding because of sterility problems. But it may be possible to breed a commercially acceptable disease-resistant export banana using a fertile dwarf variety of 'Gros Michel', an earlier export dessert banana."<ref>David Jones, "[http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/news/2003/13120-en.html Bananas about GM]", New Scientist, August 4, 2001, Letters</ref>
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		+	==Science Museum exhibition on GM==
		+	Frison represented CGIAR at the opening of the exhibition on GM foods, "Future Foods", held at the [[Science Museum]], London in December 2008. The exhibition was supported by CGIAR.<ref>"[http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news_and_events/news/news/article/interview-with-emile-frison-in-london.html Interview with Emile Frison in London]", Bioversity International website, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
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		+	In an interview with journalist Andy Duckworth for an article about the exhibition in The Guardian, Frison took the opportunity to talk about one of his favorite topics, that only GM can save the banana (see section, "Only GM can save the banana").<ref>The interview is available on podcast at Andy Duckworth, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2008/dec/22/science-weekly-extra-podcast-gm Science Weekly Extra: Future foods]", 22 December 2008, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
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		+	Interestingly, as is plain from this interview, Frison is a champion of genetic diversity in food production. How this squares with GM, which has the effect of narrowing the genetic pool to the tiny selection of GM crops that the big companies are promoting at any one time, is difficult to se

	==Affiliations==		==Affiliations==

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 Frison is best known for generating stories in the media about how the banana is going extinct and that only GM (genetic modification) can save it (see section, "Only GM can save the banana").
-Bioversity International is funded by, among others, the [[Global Crop Diversity Trust]], which in turn gets funding from GM giants [[DuPont]] and [[Syngenta]].
+Bioversity International is funded by, among others, the [[Global Crop Diversity Trust]], which in turn gets funding from GM giants [[DuPont]] and [[Syngenta]] (see section, "Funding").
 ==Science Museum exhibition on GM==

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 Dr [[Emile Frison]] is Director General of [[Bioversity International]],<ref>"[http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news_and_events/news/news/article/interview-with-emile-frison-in-london.html Interview with Emile Frison in London]", Bioversity International website, accessed 27 June 2009</ref> an initiative established in 1974 by the research institute, the [[Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research]] (CGIAR).<ref>"[http://www.bioversityinternational.org/about_us/who_we_are.html Who we are]", Bioversity International website, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
 ==Science Museum exhibition on GM==
 Frison represented CGIAR at the opening of the exhibition on GM foods, "Future Foods", held at the [[Science Museum]], London in December 2008. The exhibition was supported by CGIAR.<ref>"[http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news_and_events/news/news/article/interview-with-emile-frison-in-london.html Interview with Emile Frison in London]", Bioversity International website, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
-In an interview with journalist Andy Duckworth for an article about the exhibition in The Guardian, Frison took the opportunity to talk about one of his favorite topics, that only GM can save the banana (see "Only GM can save the banana", below).<ref>The interview is available on podcast at Andy Duckworth, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2008/dec/22/science-weekly-extra-podcast-gm Science Weekly Extra: Future foods]", 22 December 2008, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
+In an interview with journalist Andy Duckworth for an article about the exhibition in The Guardian, Frison took the opportunity to talk about one of his favorite topics, that only GM can save the banana (see section, "Only GM can save the banana").<ref>The interview is available on podcast at Andy Duckworth, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2008/dec/22/science-weekly-extra-podcast-gm Science Weekly Extra: Future foods]", 22 December 2008, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
 Interestingly, as is plain from this interview, Frison is a champion of genetic diversity in food production. How this squares with GM, which has the effect of narrowing the genetic pool to the tiny selection of GM crops that the big companies are promoting at any one time, is difficult to see.

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 *[[Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research]]
 *[[Global Crop Diversity Trust]] – board member
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 ==Science Museum exhibition on GM==
-Frison represented CGIAR at the opening of the exhibition on GM foods, "Future Foods", held at the [[Science Museum]], London in December 2008. The exhibition was supported by CGIAR.<ref>"[http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news_and_events/news/news/article/interview-with-emile-frison-in-london.html Interview with Emile Frison in London]", Bioversity International website, accessed 27 June 2009</ref> In an interview with journalist Andy Duckworth for an article about the exhibition in The Guardian, Frison took the opportunity to talk about one of his favorite topics, that only GM can save the banana (see "Only GM can save the banana", below).<ref>The interview is available on podcast at Andy Duckworth, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2008/dec/22/science-weekly-extra-podcast-gm Science Weekly Extra: Future foods]", 22 December 2008, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
+Frison represented CGIAR at the opening of the exhibition on GM foods, "Future Foods", held at the [[Science Museum]], London in December 2008. The exhibition was supported by CGIAR.<ref>"[http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news_and_events/news/news/article/interview-with-emile-frison-in-london.html Interview with Emile Frison in London]", Bioversity International website, accessed 27 June 2009</ref>
 =="Only GM can save the banana"==