Public funding for extension services and agricultural research that improves productivity and yield had to increase rather than relying upon genetically modified organisms.
From the head of UNDP? What kind of a crazy mixed-up world are we living in?
Ask the wrong question, and you invariably get the wrong answer (in actual fact the right one if you dislike genetic engineering)! No, “GE is” not “the solution to the food security problem”, but it is part of the toolkit.
Luigi, you wondered about the source of the statement. You should know that UNDP knows everything, is an expert in everything, and does everything (well, on that one…).
A piece of news: Science Magazine has removed the pay wall from two articles of “Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People” (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/327/5967/812 and http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/327/5967/833)
And for a rigorous scientific debate: http://throbgoblins.blogspot.com/2010/02/rigorous-scientific-debate.html