Sentences with phrase «easing food crises»

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To ease global food crisis, rice with submergence tolerance is needed: -2007 Bangladesh Tista / Jamuna Rivers flooded million hectares up to 3 weeks; cyclone Nargis flooded 1.75 M Irawaddy - grain supply affected by population growth, diversion of grain to biofuels and to livestock as more people eat meat - funding contraints on R&D - crippled developing world extension systems

Now, a US government official is visiting Tokyo to seek Japan's «help to promote the safety of genetically modified crops among Japanese consumers,» as a way to «ease the global food crisis,» notes NHK World.