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Gene Editing Can Help Agriculture Be Climate-Friendly… Here’s How

The United Nations continues to raise the alarm on climate change.
This week, the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change released their latest report, this time focusing on agriculture’s impact on the environment and the need to make the most use out of our current farmlands to prevent further damage.
Today, around 75 percent of the earth’s usable land is dedicated to feeding the world’s population. And as the population increases (expected to be 9.7 billion in 2050),
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