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Taylor Szyszka, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Synthetic Biology, University of Sydney

Engineering crops to photosynthesise better just got one step closer to reality

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As Earth’s population grows, we will need more food. According to one estimate, we may need to nearly double our crop yields in the next century to keep up.

At the same time, climate change and wild weather events are making it harder than ever to grow food. We are faced with a complex problem, but one thing is certain: we will need to grow better, more productive crops.

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