Plant Breeding and Food Security Food security "exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life." Download pdf to Learn More Related SnapAG Articles Related articles Global Protein Consumption Protein and Nutrition Beef Protein and the Environment Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases What are GMOs GMOs And the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Advanced Plant Breeding Genetics and Plant Breeding Websites to Investigate This Topic Further Golden Rice Project International Food Policy Research Institute References References: Agriculture and food security: fifth anniversary (editorial, Agriculture and Food Security, 2017) An overview of agriculture, nutrition and fortification, supplementation and biofortification: Golden Rice as an example for enhancing micronutrient intake (Agriculture and Food Security, 2017) Golden Rice: instructions for use (Agriculture and Food Security, 2017) The State of Food Insecurity in the World (FAO, 2015) What is Food Security? (World Food Programme) The Beginning of the Green Revolution (University of Minnesota) Agriculture in 2050: Recalibrating Targets for Sustainable Intensification (BioScience – Oxford Academic) World Population Clock (US Census Bureau) World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says (World Health Organization) Green Revolution (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Haber-Bosch process (synthetic fertilizer) (Encyclopaedia Britannica) History of Pesticide Use (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) Triticale (Encyclopaedia Brittanica) Sub1A is an ethylene-response-factor-like gene that confers submergence tolerance to rice (Nature) Submergence Tolerant Rice: SUB1’s Journey from Landrace to Modern Cultivar (Rice) Increasing food security (International Rice Research Institute) and Nature (journal paper). Staple foods: What do people eat? (FAO) Facts & Figures on Food and Biodiversity (IDRC) All Snap AG Categories Farming Basics Animal Health Animal Care Farming & The Environment Pesticides Plant and Animal Proteins Food Growing Crops Organics Plant Biotechnology Tags food , plants , biotechnology , pesticides , GMO , farming , health , food security