Enhancing the crops to feed the poor

TY - JOUR

T1 - Enhancing the crops to feed the poor

AU - Huang, Jikun

AU - Pray, Carl

AU - Rozelle, Scott

PY - 2002/8/8

Y1 - 2002/8/8

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0037043718

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0037043718#tab=citedBy

U2 - 10.1038/nature01015

DO - 10.1038/nature01015

M3 - Review article

C2 - 12167874

SN - 0028-0836

VL - 418

SP - 678

EP - 684

JO - Nature

JF - Nature

IS - 6898

ER -