Sep 26, 2024 · Seeds are the foundations of food security. Yet, in an era defined by climate change, innovations in crop breeding will determine how we tackle the world’s growing hunger crisis. From the 'green revolution' to today’s high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties, crop innovations are estimated to have saved millions of lives , spared vast ...

Mar 22, 2021 · Improved seeds can also help tackle climate change and enable land restoration. Norman Borlaug is said to have saved a billion lives. His revolutionary new wheat varieties led to soaring yields in Mexico, Pakistan, India, and kickstarted the green revolution.

Apr 3, 2024 · A new treatment for cancer Personalized treatments for cancer are getting ever closer thanks to CRISPR. A clinical trial, reported in Nature in November 2022, involved using the gene editing technique to train a patient’s immune system T-cells to recognize and attack their particular cancer cells.

Jul 4, 2022 · Extreme temperatures are exposing crops to new fungi and pests, which is motivating scientists to genetically engineer disease-resistant cassava, potatoes and cacao. Those same genetic engineering tools used for climate change adaptation are …

Nov 21, 2019 · This has the potential to introduce a new danger (one raised by several attendees at the recent Global Vaccination Summit in Brussels): intense coverage amplifies the voice of anti-vaccination advocates, makes the anti-vaccination movement look much larger than it is and further plant seeds of doubt in the minds of others. After all, the great ...

Feb 12, 2024 · The initiative, which launched in January 2024, is a partnership between Rio's city hall and start-up Morfo, and aims to grow seeds in hard-to-reach areas. A single drone can disperse 180 seed capsules per minute, which is 100 times faster than using human hands for traditional reforestation, according to the local government.

These robotic planters are just one of the many new solutions beginning to surface in time for the decade of delivery on climate change. The World Economic Forum’s UpLink platform, alongside 1t.org, is helping innovations like this scale their efforts to conserve, restore and grow a …

Sep 28, 2022 · That food security is tantamount to national security is not a new idea, but as domestic food shortages threaten the introduction of export restrictions, fertilizer shortages limit the number of seeds being planted and climate events continue to ravage production capability, a new reality for how nations grow food is unavoidable.

Mar 21, 2025 · A recent example of the shifting supply and demand trade dynamics is the shipment of deforestation and conversion-free soybeans from Brazil to China led by COFCO International and facilitated through the Taskforce for Green Value Chains, launched at the Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2023.

Apr 28, 2024 · Secondly, AI and other agritech can increase the supply of urgently needed climate-resistant seeds, accelerating the time it takes to get from the laboratory to the soil. It currently takes 10 to 15 years to launch a new seed, but Gupta says weather patterns can shift significantly in that time. Seeds can become less resilient and crops can fail.