OPINION: Investment in agricultural research key to offsetting climate change impacts (Reuters)

In a Reuters op-ed, Division Director Channing Arndt, Director General Shenggen Fan, and Gates Foundation’s Nick Austin explain how growth in food demand over the next 40 years will concentrate in Africa and South Asia. Unprecedented challenges will face food systems, including ways of increasing production while keeping the climate stable, requiring not only enhanced investments in research but also scaling up CGIAR.