Growing is sometimes the easy part; transportation can be the weakest link (Image: Ed Kashi/National Geographic Stock) No-till systems sow crops without ploughing, keeping water in the soil (Image: JD Pooley/AP/PA) True fieldwork: CIMMYT’s research station in Ciudad Obregóm, Mexico (Image: CMMYT)
IT IS humanity’s oldest enemy. Despite all our science, a sixth of people in the developing world are chronically hungry. , world leaders reaffirmed a pledge “at the earliest possible date”.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) wanted them to promise to end hunger by 2025, but…
