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Scientists Want UK to Invest Billions on Future of Food, ASAP

The Royal Society warns that, to keep the planet fed, food production must increase by 50 percent over the next 40 years

A second Green Revolution can't come soon enough for UK scientists, who say that their government should invest $3.3 billion in crop research to help feed the world. That world will only grow hungrier, and will require a 50 percent boost in food production over the next 40 years.

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