I am going to ask you a question that you will be able to answer.
Given your statements, it is clear to me that today we have no assurances whatsoever that the use of the technology we are talking about here is safe.
It is my understanding that you hold doctorate in biology, but I am not sure. At one point, we learned that those seeds that are indigenous, that are natural and that have been strengthened by the use mankind has made of them, are most of the time much more resistant than these other seeds and much more efficient, especially in the case of developing countries.
Is there any point to developing this technology, given that all we really have to do is adapt the seeds we already have, which are natural, and to make them stronger naturally rather than through technology?
By engineering this type of seed, will we not be harming all of the work done over the course of 10 000 years to develop these seeds which are very performing, although they are perhaps a little bit less performing than what we would like?