Produce more
With 9 billion mouths to feed, farmers must grow twice as much food by 2050. How will we meet this challenge?
In seven of the last eight years, the world has consumed more grain than it produced.
Experts now predict our planet will need to double agricultural output by 2050 to feed a growing population. By some estimates, that means producing more food in the next 50 years than has been grown in the last 10,000 years.
Current world population
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Monsanto Announces 2010 Beachell-Borlaug Program Winners
Program supports young scientists interested in improving research and production in rice and wheat
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Report: High-yield agriculture slows pace of climate change
FSI report finds that advances in high-yield agriculture have reduced greenhouse gas emissions
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Marc Gunther talks with Pamela Ronald, University of California, Davis (Part One of Two)
Marc Gunther chats with Pamela Ronald, author, blogger and professor of plant pathology at UC Davis.
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Fortune to Hugh Grant: How Do We Solve the Food Dilemma?
Hugh Grant speaks on the current food dilemma at Fortune's Brainstorm: GREEN.
Videos
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The Global Impact of Biotech Crops
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This video features the four main benefits of biotech crops: increased productivity and income, protection of biodiversity, contribution to reduced environmental footprint, and social and economic benefits.
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Biotechnology and Drought: Producing More Crop per Drop
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A video from CBI that shares new developments in agricultural biotechnology which can play a role in helping American farmers produce crops that use water more efficiently, thus reducing the negative consequences of drought.
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The Future Prospects of Biotech Crops
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This video predicts a cautious but optimistic view of how the technology can make a substantial contribution to crop productivity from 2010-2015.
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The Mission of ISAAA: Knowledge Sharing
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A video of ISAAAs acknowledgement of the fundamental importance of sharing with the global community the attributes of crop biotechnology.
News
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U.N: Food security challenges Asia-Pacific
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One Acre Fund Aims to Help Farmers in Africa
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A New Initiative to Feed the World
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Report Cites Biotech Crop Benefits
Documents
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Biotech Crops: Evidence, Outcomes and Impacts 1996-2007: Focus on Environmental Impacts
Read about the evidence, outcomes and environmental impacts of biotech crops in a report from PG Economics.
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Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) Brief
Read about this project that's providing "better tools, better harvests, better lives" to farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Challenge: Feed 9 Billion People
Read this detailed brochure to learn more about Monsanto's Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program.
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The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009
Read the report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations about the current food crisis.
Photos
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2009 Planting Season
Farmers around the US begin yet another planting season. Check it out here.
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Farm Progress Show 2009
Check out photos from the 2009 Farm Progress Show to see the latest farming machinery, technology and more.
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Farmers in Action
See the faces of the farmers who produce the crops we rely on every day.
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Planting on farms in Alabama and Georgia
Take a look at our photo gallery of farms and fields across Alabama and Georgia.
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Monsanto Announces 2010 Beachell-Borlaug Program Winners
Program supports young scientists interested in improving research and production in rice and wheat
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Report: High-yield agriculture slows pace of climate change
FSI report finds that advances in high-yield agriculture have reduced greenhouse gas emissions
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Growing Hope in Africa
Biotechnology helped farmer Mary Katsonya increase her maize yields after Malawi's devastating drought.
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Marc Gunther talks with Dr. Prakash, professor of plant molecular genetics at Tuskegee University
Marc Gunther talks with Dr. Prakash, professor of plant molecular genetics at Tuskegee University
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Adding to the Global Food Supply
Read about biotech's role in increasing food production for the growing global population.
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Marc Gunther talks with Pamela Ronald, University of California, Davis (Part One of Two)
Marc Gunther chats with Pamela Ronald, author, blogger and professor of plant pathology at UC Davis.
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Managing the Uncontrollable
Farmers in Tennessee credit technology with helping them produce higher corn yields.
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Commentary: Science Will Help Agriculture Meet World’s Food Demand
Guest contributor Marshall Matz writes about how science can help increase food production.
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Innovative Crops Raise Yield Per Acre
Learn about the impending need to produce more, and how biotech crops can help farmers meet production goals.
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What One Hardy Papaya Can Tell Us About Ending World Hunger
A post from blogger Pamela Ronald about how genetics can help feed a growing population.
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The Global Impact of Biotech Crops
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This video features the four main benefits of biotech crops: increased productivity and income, protection of biodiversity, contribution to reduced environmental footprint, and social and economic benefits.
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Growers Talk about Biotech
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Learn about the benefits of biotech seeds directly from the farmers who use them.
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Biotechnology and Drought: Producing More Crop per Drop
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A video from CBI that shares new developments in agricultural biotechnology which can play a role in helping American farmers produce crops that use water more efficiently, thus reducing the negative consequences of drought.
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14 Years of Biotech Agriculture
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This short video from the ISAAA is an information capsule on the commercialization of biotech crops between 1996 to 2009.
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Dr. Rowan Sage: Enhancing Rice Yields for Families in Developing Countries
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Dr. Rowan Sage discusses enhancing rice yields for families in developing countries for the Council for Biotechnology Information
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GM Crops Deliver Benefits for Farmers, Especially in Developing Countries
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Scientist Elibio Rech finds that biotechnology helps develop better quality products at a lower cost while having a lessened impact on the environment.
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Global Adoption of Biotech Crops
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This video from the ISAAA discusses the commercialization of biotech crops worldwide and how it has contributed to meeting the challenge of doubling food production by 2015.
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Biotech Crops in Developing Countries: The Significance of Bt Rice and Phytase Maize in China
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This video highlights the impact of the Chinese governments approval of two biotech crops, Bt Rice and Phytase Maize.
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An Urgent Need for Biotechnology in Africa
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The Honorable Dr. Ruth Oniango, Parliament of Kenya, explains that biotechnology is needed for farmers to accomplish a critical task: feeding their families.
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Dr. Norman Borlaug on How Biotechnology Can Help Feed a Growing Population
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Hear Dr. Borlaug discuss the need for plant biotechnology to feed a growing population and preserve the planet's natural resources.
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Corn Set for First Weekly Decline This Month on China Rainfall
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Croplife America Conference: Feeding A Hungry And Growing
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Sharad Pawar underlines use of Science and Technology to accelerate food grain production
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Kenya to implement biosafety regulations
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Food security as a matter of global concern
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GM crop ban may be lifted in EU
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Uganda could feed EAC if WB $120m utilised effectively
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U.N: Food security challenges Asia-Pacific
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Asia needs more farm investments to feed hungry
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Commitment To Global Food Security
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“Oversight of the Feed the Future Initiative”
Testimony by Gerald Steiner, Executive VP, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs, Monsanto Company to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee on Africa & Global Health
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Challenges for Agriculture, Environment, Farmers and Future Generations
Read our white paper that articulates the challenges for agriculture, the environment, farmers and future generations.
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Climate Change Implications For Food Security And Natural Resources Management In Africa
FAO report reviewing the current state of knowledge on the vulnerability, impact and adaptation of African agriculture and natural resources to climate change.
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Biotech Crops: Evidence, Outcomes and Impacts 1996-2007: Focus on Environmental Impacts
Read about the evidence, outcomes and environmental impacts of biotech crops in a report from PG Economics.
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Promise is Growing
Marshall Matz, former counsel to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, authored this guest post for the Des Moines Register about the growing hunger issue in Africa.
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Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) Brief
Read about this project that's providing "better tools, better harvests, better lives" to farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Marshall Matz: Viewpoints: Time to Meet the Challenge of Ending Hunger
An op-ed from Marshall Matz on the urgent need to end world hunger.
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Biotech Crops in Africa: The Final Frontier
A publication from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) on biotech crops in Africa.
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Trust in the Seed
A publication from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) on seeds and agriculture.
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U.S. Rice & Wheat Facts
This document about rice shares information and facts on wheat and rice in the United States from the US Rice Federation and USDA.
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2009 Planting Season
Farmers around the US begin yet another planting season. Check it out here.
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Farm Progress Show 2009
Check out photos from the 2009 Farm Progress Show to see the latest farming machinery, technology and more.
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Farm Progress Show 2008
Take a look at these photos for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2008 Farm Progress Show.
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Farmers in Action
See the faces of the farmers who produce the crops we rely on every day.
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Planting on farms in Alabama and Georgia
Take a look at our photo gallery of farms and fields across Alabama and Georgia.
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Planting on farms in Illinois
Farmers across Illinois use their fields and farms to plant crops.
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Planting on farms in Minnesota
Check out how farmers utilize their fields and farms to plant crops in Minnesota.
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Growing Cotton
What does cotton look like before it's made into your t-shirt or blanket? Find out here.
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Farmers Harvesting Cotton
A photo gallery of how different farmers in the U.S. harvest their own cotton.
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Growing Soybeans
How do soybeans grow? Find out by browsing our photo gallery.
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Play audioThere’s No Downtime for Ranchers
Hear about the challenges ranchers face during winter.
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Play audioUpdate from Missouri Farmers on this Season’s Struggles
Hear updates from Missouri farmers on the challenges they've faced during planting season.
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