It seems to be a pretty emotive subject but there are undoubtably benefits that can be achieved if they managed to transfer nitrogen fixing cababilities to non-fixing crops (i.e wheat) as this would then solve all the problems associated with the use of fertilizers - probably still pie in the sky so far though.
If you were to take a pragmatic view you could say that farming in general is modifying the environment - any farmers fancy a go?
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