Agricultural innovation has long sustained the world's masses with an
abundance of low-cost food, thanks to the success of the mid-20th
century's Green Revolution, which brought industrialization and
high-yield grains to India, Mexico and many other developing countries.
A prosperous global population however, has blazed the way for burgeoning new mouths to feed that, by 2050, will nearly double food demand. At the same time, farmers face unprecedented challenges of climate change, high oil prices driving demand for biofuels, and rising costs of land and water.
The 2008 surge in food prices portended ominous and volatile times ahead. Just recently the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations warned of more food supply shocks in 2011.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Farming the Future: GM Crops Recommended as Key Part of Obama's "Evergreen Revolution": Scientific American
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