Genetic Engineering For Agriculture Has Bright Future

See this Newsweek article on how genetic modification could end world hunger. That's probably excessively optimistic as long as sub-Saharan Africa's fertility rate remains above 5. However, in large parts of the world big boosts in farm productivity will reduce the number of acres under plow and probably enable a lot more land to return to natural state. This will reduce the rate of species extinction and make the human race less vulnerable to mega disasters (say a VEI 7 or 8 volcano like Santorini or even bigger). Genetic engineering of plants will also play a big role in textiles. How a plant that makes silk? Or make cotton better than the best cotton available today. I also see plant...
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