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GMO Producers And Meat Industry Poised For Food Fight: Report Urges More R&D On Fruits And Veggies
Report urges cultivation of US agricultural science
Public funding could support more US research on fruits and vegetables, which often receive less attention than staple grains.
Agricultural research in the United States will require fresh investments and re-distribution of existing resources to address emerging challenges to the nation’s food supply, according to a report released on 7 December by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
“The US agricultural sector provides a foundation for world food stability and security, supplying most of the food aid to developing nations,” he said John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and PCAST co-chair at the public release of the report. Holdren expressed the council’s concern that agricultural science had become “widely underappreciated” by the US public and scientific community in recent decades. readmorehere
