Green Revolution has increased the amount of food that can be grown on acre of land by 10x in 100 ye

"These breakthroughs “have all increased the amount of food that can be grown on each acre of land by as much as 10 times in the last 100 years,” notes Nina V. Fedoroff, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science." (CIS 2)

Nina V. Fedoroff, “Engineering Food for All,” The New York Times, Aug. 18, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/opinion/genetically-engineered-food-fo...

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