With all the threats facing food and beverage production -- from
contamination in the food chain, to rising input prices --
there appears to be one menace that towers above the rest, namely
'The Weather'.
Two French research institutes, CIRAD and INRA, have set up a
public interest group to promote the country's agricultural
research projects internationally.
Climate change will directly affect future food availability and
make feeding the world's rapidly growing population extremely
difficult, said the FAO.