Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has canvassed the adoption of biotechnology in agriculture to end hunger across the world.
“If agricultural yields remains the same, we would need to cultivate more than double the present amount of land to feed that population. That is 82 per cent of our total land area on earth.
“Biotechnology is taking mankind beyond the depths of understanding of chemical and physical possibilities. It has the potential to increase agricultural productivity, enhance food security and develop a better health care delivery system.
“It would also boost an efficient industrial development process for transforming raw materials and detoxifying hazardous wastes, reducing mortality rates, moving agriculture away from a dependence on chemical inputs and reducing environmental problems.” Read more