Shortage of skilled plant breeders could impact global food security

An international team of researchers, including Lincoln University Professor Rainer Hofmann, has found this skills shortage needs to be urgently addressed before ‘dire’ implications are felt.

 

• The following article was first published by CSIRO – Australia’s national science agency.

Plant breeding is a multidisciplinary science that underpins the global production of food, animal feed, fuel and fibre.