what if the world went through another population boom in the coming years. Would we have enough food to feed everyone with our existing food output. With difficulties like hurricanes , rain storms , pests, etc, how do you think we will survive.

 

well the answer is in our hands, its genomics

 

 

Agricultural genomics, has and will continue to help drive sustainable productivity and offer solutions to the mounting challenges of feeding the world’s growing population.

 

The new developments in agricultural genomics create new opportunities to investigate the genomic diversity of crops and germplasms, heterosis, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and determinants of quality and yield, and to apply these findings in crop breeding.

 

 

Agricultural Genomics addresses agricultural problems directly. National and international investments in fundamental genome resources have created the means to speed the improvement of plants.The development of new cultivars using genome resources continues and amplifies a decades-long worldwide plant breeding legacy of responding to needs for pest and disease resistance and tolerance to abiotic stresses, such as heat, drought, and cold.