date:Jun 12, 2012
Despite these clear risks and potential benefits, however, agricultural research remains underfunded, sayFrommer andBrutnell.
Growing population, shortening supply
In 2012 the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that 920 million peopleone-eighth of the worlds populationdo not have enough food to meet their daily caloric intake target.
Last year world population passed the 7 billion mark, with projections that by 2050 this figure will rise to 9 billion. By that po