Results from the FAO Biotechnology Forum: Background and Dialogue on Selected Issues

Results from the FAO Biotechnology Forum: Background and Dialogue on Selected Issues

Year of publication 2006

Author John Ruane and Andrea Sonnino

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title FAO Research and Technology Paper

Series number 1020-0541

Edition 1

Language English

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The global population size is increasing by roughly 80 million annually and almost all population growth is in developing countries. Since the amount of agricultural land available is limited, the increases in food production needed to feed the worlds growing population must come from increasing the amount of food produced per hectare. Biotechnology includes a range of scientific tools that can be applied to different aspects of agriculture, food production and nutrition and may play a role in t his challenge.
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