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Part III:

Part III:. Why do we need GMOs?. Who will benefit from GMOs?. The food crisis of 2008. Source: FAO. The food crisis of 2008. (AP Photo/ Pavel Rahman ). Food crisis looms in Bangladesh. Associated Press, 12 April 2008. The food crisis of 2008.

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  1. Part III: Why do we need GMOs? Who will benefit from GMOs?

  2. The food crisis of 2008 Source: FAO

  3. The food crisis of 2008 (AP Photo/PavelRahman) Food crisis looms in Bangladesh Associated Press, 12 April 2008

  4. The food crisis of 2008 http://eco-beat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/04-09-08-haitfoodriot.jpg “U.N. says food riots to worsen without global action” Reuters, 11 April 2008

  5. The food crisis of 2008

  6. Food security: an eternal concern www.nndb.com/people/250/000024178/malthus.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:An_Essay_on_the_Principle_of_Population.jpg Thomas Malthus

  7. Scientific agriculture began in the 18th century Joseph Priestley www.juliantrubin.com/.../mouseexperiment.gif www.susqu.edu/.../ Priestly-Mar1994/Priestly.htm

  8. vn.schmidt-clemens.de/vnoffice/data/0/0/0/227... Invention of chemical fertilizers http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=11308&rendTypeId=4 www.eoearth.org/media/approved/e/e6/Bosch.jpg Fritz Haber Carl Bosch

  9. Mechanization of agriculture bp3.blogger.com/…./s320/Hubert+proughing+2.jpg iStock photo 000003424427

  10. Mechanization is not universal http://image.guardian.co.uk/sysimages/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2006/07/18/farm372.jpg http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Features/Tsetse/tsetse_gallery/images/006w.jpg

  11. Scientific agriculture increased agricultural productivity http://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/Population/World%20Population%20Growth%20to%202050.JPG

  12. A resurgence of Malthusian predictions news-service.stanford.edu/.../Ehrlich-12.jpg NormanBorlaug Father of the Green Revolution Paul Ehrlich http://ecx.imagesamazon.com/images/I/51ZQ306HVGL._AA240_.jpg

  13. Green Revolution wheat yields, 1950-2005 The Green Revolution Normal and dwarf wheat

  14. The human population continues to grow http://www.sustainablescale.org/images/uploaded/Population/World%20Population%20Growth%20to%202050.JPG

  15. The amount of arable land is limited www.theoildrum.com/.../12/global_land_use2.jpg

  16. The future: adapting crops to a changing climate Slide courtesy of Dr. David Battisti

  17. --- A2 --- A1B 700 ppm 2100AD --- B1 The future: adapting crops to a changing climate Atmospheric CO2 2008 AD 1850AD 8000BC 400 200 Today Thousands of years before present Slide courtesy of Dr. David Battisti

  18. The future: adapting crops to a changing climate Stott et al, Nature 432:610 (2004)

  19. The future: adapting crops to a changing climate 2003 Slide courtesy of Dr. David Battisti

  20. Future challenges  Producing more food for a growing population  Producing more nutritious food  Producing food more sustainably  Producing more food in a changing climate  Doing all of this in just a few decades

  21. Molecular methods of crop improvement: why does it matter? www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7046/images/4351146a-i4.0.jpg “You people in the developed world are certainly free to debate the merits of genetically modified foods, but can we please eat first?” -- Florence Wambugu, 2003

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