Media Release
Agricultural technologies could increase global crop yields as much as 67 percent and cut food prices nearly in half by 2050
14 February 2014 (Canberra) – Global population and income growth, and the impacts of climate change, will further escalate the pressure for increased and more sustainable agricultural production to feed a hungry planet. A new study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) measures the impacts of agricultural innovation on farm productivity, prices, hunger, and trade flows to 2050 and identifies practices that could significantly benefit developing nations. Food Security in a World of Growing…