At its annual general meeting in Washington, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, the world's leading network of agricultural research centers, said the steady march of global warming was driving the need to develop new crop strains that can withstand rising temperatures, drier climates and increased soil salt content, as well as "boosting agriculture's role in removing greenhouse gasses... |
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