Source: The Washington Post, November 19, 2007.The projected climatic changes are going to create huge threats to the productivity of agriculture in the areas of the world where the population is most dense and the people most dependent on agriculture. The situation is made even worse by the increasing interest in energy crops. There is little land nor solar energy available to put into new production. Thus there is a major and urgent need to develop better technology. Fortunately, biotechnology and information and communication technologies offer major opportunities for new applications to agriculture.
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