Enhancing the crops to feed the poor
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 418 (6898) , 678-684
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01015
Abstract
Solutions to the problem of how the developing world will meet its future food needs are broader than producing more food, although the successes of the 'Green Revolution' demonstrate the importance of technology in generating the growth in food output in the past. Despite these successes, the world still faces continuing vulnerability to food shortages. Given the necessary funding, it seems likely that conventional crop breeding, as well as emerging technologies based on molecular biology, genetic engineering and natural resource management, will continue to improve productivity in the coming decades.Keywords
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