New Breeding Technologies

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Future of Food

Future of Food

Future of Food – Are we in the ‘endgame’? What will the ‘last of us do’? So we’ve stopped worrying as much about how to get our hands on the Millennial pound and started to address day to day challenges that are impacting on the wider population. To an extent, […]

Cocoa Crisis

Can CRISPR counter the Cocoa Crisis?

Cocoa is a highly valued commodity that has been cultivated in the Amazon and Orinoco River regions for three millennia.  The Spanish encouraged the planting of cocoa throughout its colonies, but this was fraught with difficulties due to the very specific climatic conditions required for successful cropping, namely high ambient […]

Feeding 9 Billion

New Breeding Technologies- Feeding the 9 Billion

The following article considers the impending food security issues and how the impact of factors such as a growing population, soil nutrient depletion and climate change need to be urgently considered and how new and emerging technologies could provide some of the solutions. The topics discussed include: (i) Food Insecurity; […]