«It just highlights that there's this
global ramification as the U.S. begins to tighten policy, and that's also
what we've felt in Canada, just in a different way,» said Sutton.
Given that the country is the world's top exporter of maize and one of the largest growers of soya beans, Nature explains how the drought could have
ramifications for
global food supplies, and
what science is doing to help.