Food crisis calls for renewed vigor in agricultural research

Darkfrog submitted, created time 8 months 1 week (www.nature.com)

Agricultural research may not sound flashy--it includes everything from high-yield crop varieties to pest and weed control--but experts claim that a lack of it is the underlying cause of our current food shortages in the developing world, and that it is likely to be the cause of future shortages if the problem is not corrected.

While there is a focus on agricultural research in the developing world, this is limited to four countries: China, Brazil, South Africa and India. At the same time, there is less and less transfer of technology and information from first-world countries like the U

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