Blue-Ribbon Call to Boost Global Food Production
January 15, 2025
To avoid a global hunger crisis driven in coming decades by climate change and population growth, the world needs a massive effort to grow more food crops, according to an open letter signed by 153 winners of Nobel and World Food prizes. Ramping up public investments in agricultural research and development—in decline in recent years—can play a critical role, Julian Alston, Philip Pardey, and Xudong Rao maintain in Issues. Based on their major study, they call for “at least doubling” investments in agricultural R&D by national and international agencies in high-, middle-, and low-income countries alike.