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The looming food crisis in Asia: Biotech crops?
Biotechnology crops not only provide possibilities to increase yields but also to create more resilient seeds to pests and climate variations. But the practice is controversial as it involves introducing engineered crops into our food chain and potentially upsetting nature's balance. > more |
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The looming food crisis in Asia: Changing tastes
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation predicts that the demand for meat will double before 2050 as global urban middle classes rise. Yet meat production uses eight times the resources to produce the same calorie value as cereal crops. In this part of the series Clark investigates the role of markets and governments in managing access to food. > more |
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