The current crisis in worldwide food prices reinforces the need for more productive agriculture. Emma Marris meets five ambitious scientists determined to stop the world from going hungry.
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Marris, E. Agronomy: Five crop researchers who could change the world. Nature 456, 563–568 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456563a
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