A genetic solution for the global food security crisis
作者机构:State Key Laboratory of Agricultural GenomicsBGI‐ShenzhenShenzhen518083China College of Life SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
出 版 物:《Journal of Integrative Plant Biology》 (植物学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2023年第65卷第6期
页 面:1359-1361页
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学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境]
基 金:supported by the Shenzhen Municipal Government of China(KCXFZ20201221173013035) the Key Laboratory of Genomics,Ministry of Agriculture,BGI-Shenzhen,Shenzhen 518120,China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of core collection of crop genetic resources research and application Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Design and Breeding,BGIShenzhen,Shenzhen 518120,China。
摘 要:Due to the rapid increase in population and the decreasing availability of arable land and freshwater resources per capita,global crop production will need to double by 2050 to meet human food demand.In early March,the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)of the United Nations released a report saying that 45 countries are in urgent need of food aid and millions of people are in severe hunger(https://***/en/topic/agriculture/brief/food-security-update).