Asia's food security conundrum : more apparent than real?

• Main Author: Fielding, Richard
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94909; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8082
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, yet one billion people are hungry. Biotech approaches to food production will not enhance food security in Asia unless severe distortions in existing food production are first addressed.