An American Inari Company, which specializes in biotechnology, has found a way of saving on agriculture through the use of seeds with changed genes. Advanced bean and corn will be better cope with drought and give a greater harvest, which will help in solving world famine problems, writes Forbes.
With the help of advanced CRISPR genetic editing technology and artificial intelligence, Inari scientists receive seeds of agricultural crops that require less water, fertilizers and landing areas. The company focuses on soybeans and corn, as they are very popular in North and South America and occupy the fields at 300 million acres (121 million hectares) of the Earth. Developments can increase yields of soybeans and corn by 20 percent, water consumption will decrease by 40 percent.
The initiative will become another step towards sustainable consumption, protection of ecology and helping the starving population of the world in the growing demand for food. The implementation of the project Inari has already collected about 1.2 billion dollars.
Large-scale hunger is now threatened by the population of 20 countries of the world, most of which are located in Africa. According to the latest UN data, residents of Yemen, South Sudan and the North Nigeria are needed in urgent food aid. Total about 34 million people are “in a step from hungry death.”