“World peace will not be built on empty stomachs. Given the fact that world population will increase to 10 billion in 2050 and increase of food will be only 1.7 times, the key to food and nutritional security is genetic engineering of plants which will enable them to produce more as well as raise the nutritional level,” Datta said.
This comment can be found in the middle of an article I received a couple of days ago. "Datta" is Padma Bhushan Asis Datta, Professor of Eminence, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, JNU in India. Here is a link so you may read the rest of the article.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100903/jsp/northeast/story_12887753.jsp
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