Biotechnology Can Defeat Famine
Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States, is the founder of
The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta - As we approach the 21st century, starvation
and malnutrition remain serious threats. Last year, the United Nations
World Food Summit reported that 800 million people, mostly in developing
countries, still suffer from chronic malnutrition. Nowhere is the problem
more critical than in sub-Sahran Africa - 49 countries whose populations
are likely to double over the next 25 years.
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