World hunger has reached historic highs in 2009 with over a billion people going hungry every day (FAO).

• One sixth of humanity is undernourished, more than ever before (Science Daily, June 20, 2009)
• In the first half of this century, as the world’s population grows to around 9 billion, global demand for food, feed and fibre will nearly double (FAO, How to Feed the World in 2050, Oct. 2009)
• The doubling of food production will have to be achieved with less water, less land, less energy, less phosphate, lower fish stocks, falling governmental R&D budgets, and all amid changing and uncertain climate conditions (Source: Julian Cribb, Ag Biotech International Conference, Sept. 18, 2010)
• This challenge will require changes in the way food is produced, stored, processed, distributed, and accessed that are as radical as those that occurred during the 18th and 19th-century Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions and the 20th-century Green Revolutions (Source: Science Feb 2010)
• The only reliable way to produce more food is to use better technology (Source: The Economist, Feb. 26, 2011)
• It is not just increasing the quantity of calories, “people also need the right nutrients” (Source: The Economist, Feb. 26, 2011)