Genetically modified crops can help solve international food crisis faced by many countries including Pakistan, said US Special Advisor on Science and Technology Dr Nina V Fedoroff on Thursday. Talking to reporters at a local hotel, Fedoroff said the international community had ignored important issues like energy and food in the past and was now paying for that negligence. She said the world should try to find both short and long-term solutions to end food problems. Dr Fedoroff, who was in the capital as part of Pak-US Science and Technology Cooperation Program, spoke high of Pakistan's potential in science and technology and hoped that mutual cooperation would help Pakistan a great deal. "There are great prospects for future cooperation between Pakistan and the US in science and technology. I will submit to quarters concerned glowing reports about my observation in Pakistan,' she said. The US official said Pakistan should realise its agriculture potential and try to increase its growth, as it still had a lot of room to improve per acre yield. She said by improving urea fertilizer production, Pakistan could save its input and reduce per acre net cost. She said she and her Pakistani colleagues discussed cooperation in the field of genetically modified (GM) food but it required sophisticated research and new kind of relationship, as there were concerns about the GM food. Dr Fedoroff said both countries were cooperating with each other in telemedicine, education of lady health workers, pathology, DNA testing and brining scientists through networking. sajjad malik