An increasing population has always meant that at some point access to food would be restricted. Tina Carmillia discusses how technology may have not always been the smartest choice, but in hindsight (and smarter application) may hold some of the answers we are looking for today. Achieving food security means that ‘all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life’, according to the World Food Summit of 1996. The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in its joint report with the Organisation of Economic Cooperation estimates that agricultural output growth will slow to an average of 1.7 per cent annually over the next...
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