Bayer CropScience Releases Podcast on Food Scarcity and Population Growth as World Population Approaches Seven Billion People
Summary
“We must increase our investment in research, improve crop varieties that offer high yields but require fewer resources, and focus on challenges such as plant drought and heat tolerance, because climate change will be a complicating factor in how we manage agriculture moving forward.” Details: - In order to help the world meet the increased demand for food, Bayer CropScience is working on projects in areas such as plant health and stress tolerance.Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here.In the podcast, Nick Hamon, head of sustainability for Bayer CropScience North America, explains the impact that the world population reaching an expected seven billion people on Monday, Oct. 31 will have on our food supply.“We must increase our investment in research, improve crop varieties that offer high yields but require fewer resources, and focus on challenges such as plant drought and heat tolerance, because climate change will be a complicating factor in how we manage agriculture moving forward.”Details:- In order to help the world meet the increased demand for food, Bayer CropScience is working on projects in areas such as plant health and stress tolerance.- The United Nations estimates that baby No.Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here.