Famine-Causing Stem Rust Threatens World’s Wheat Crop
Stem rust is the polio of agriculture, a plague that was brought under control nearly half a century ago as part of the celebrated Green Revolution. After years of trial and error, scientists managed...
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The “Green Revolution” that lifted millions out of hunger is threatened by a fungus re-appearing in wheat and now the emergence Superweeds. Just as the heavy use of antibiotics contributed to the rise...
View ArticleThe End of Cheap Food
Ever since the days of Thomas Malthus, who famously predicted in the 18th century that population increases would far outstrip gains in food production, those who have foreseen global famine have been...
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