A growing population and climate change is going to make it difficult to
meet the demand for food in the coming years, says German MEP Jorgo
Chatzimarkakis. In this week's Green Room, he argues that we must embrace the
solutions offered by biotechnology if we are going to feed the planet.
Almost a billion people go hungry each day after food price rises pushed 40 million more people around the world into the ranks of the undernourished, the UN food agency reported yesterday.
A vaccine against malaria, which kills more than one million people every year, could be available within five years after extensive trials have shown that it provides significant protection for infants and young children.
Universal testing for HIV, followed by immediate treatment could cut the number of people developing full-blown Aids by up to 95%, a Lancet study says.
A radical new strategy to stop the Aids epidemic in its tracks was proposed yesterday by World Health Organisation scientists but ran into immediate controversy over its implications for human rights.