02-01-2018 22:30 via theguardian.com

Weatherwatch: scientists develop 'speed breeding' to feed rising population

Researchers are developing a system to enable six harvests a year of staple food crops that can survive climate changeScientists are engaged in a race against time to breed staple crops that can both survive climate change and yield bigger harvests. Their aim is to feed a growing population in a warming world.The method used for centuries of growing one crop a year in variable weather conditions and then selecting the seeds from the best plants is no longer viable in fast-changing climatic condi
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