Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production

To face the challenge of the population reaching 9 billion in the 2050 and the drastic changes in the food production system caused by climate change a new way to intend agricultural development has now to be implemented. In this respect, the recent advances in plant and crop genetic engineering could play a crucial role in addressing this issue. The combined action genomics, proteomics, and other associated ‘omics’ branches of biotechnology will accelerate the development toward a new concept of sustainable agriculture.