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Enhancing the crops to feed the poor

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  • Jikun Huang

    (Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Carl Pray

    (Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University)

  • Scott Rozelle

    (University of California)

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.

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  • Jikun Huang & Carl Pray & Scott Rozelle, 2002. "Enhancing the crops to feed the poor," Nature, Nature, vol. 418(6898), pages 678-684, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:418:y:2002:i:6898:d:10.1038_nature01015
    DOI: 10.1038/nature01015
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