Why Crop Resilience is Key to Fighting Global Hunger Amid Climate Change

Douglas McIntyre, editor-in-chief of Climate Crisis 24/7, discusses a recent paper published in Trends in Plant Science that highlights the problem of crops lacking the robustness needed to withstand climate change. The paper suggests that genetically engineered seeds are helping to address some challenges, but unless scientists can develop even more resilient seeds, hunger rates will rise globally due to the increasing frequency of extreme weather events like droughts and floods.