Feeding the world in the twenty-first century

The gains in food production provided by the Green Revolution have reached their ceiling while world population continues to rise. To ensure that the world's poorest people do not still go hungry in the twenty-first century, advances in plant biotechnology must be deployed for their benefit by...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1999-12, Vol.402 (6761), p.C55-C58
Main Authors: Conway, G, Toenniessen, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural biotechnology
Agricultural research
Agriculture - trends
Biotechnology
Crops, Agricultural - genetics
developed countries
developing countries
Food
Food production
food supply
Forecasting
Future
Genetic Engineering
Green revolution
Humans
Hunger
Intellectual Property
intellectual property rights
Population
Public Sector
trends
World population
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Summary:The gains in food production provided by the Green Revolution have reached their ceiling while world population continues to rise. To ensure that the world's poorest people do not still go hungry in the twenty-first century, advances in plant biotechnology must be deployed for their benefit by a strong public-sector agricultural research effort.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/35011545