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Article: Teaching about genetic engineering
- Article from:
- The Agricultural Education Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright National Council for Agricultural Education Nov/Dec 2000. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The current world population is 6 billion and the United Nations estimates that by 2030 it will increase to 10 billion (1). Usable farmland will shrink while other land use demands will increase. Some estimates indicate that world food production will have to double on existing farmland over the next 30 years to keep pace with anticipated growth (1). Our food will need to be grown under non-optimal conditions, such as less water and poorer soil, yet it will need to have added nutrition to adequately feed the populace. The biggest question facing agriculture today is how do we provide an increasing population with sufficient quantities of nutritious food while limiting the environmental ...