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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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 1999-12, Vol.402 (6761), p.C55-C58
Hauptverfasser:	Conway, G, Toenniessen, G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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