Pakistan, April 4 -- Pakistan's agriculture stands on the cusp of a transformation as profound as the Green Revolution of the 1960s. This time, artificial intelligence (AI) and genome editing are the twin engines of change. Individually, each of these technologies can be transformative; together, they usher in a new era that could secure Pakistan's food supply for generations. This article explores how precise gene editing, when combined with AI-backed vertical farms, can revolutionize agriculture and what it means for policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders.

For centuries, crop improvement has been a numbers game. Breeders of the past relied on random mutations or recombinations through crossbreeding to develop cultivars having ...