ABSTRACT
The world in the twenty-first century is facing unprecedented threats and complex challenges driven by population growth, growing demands for food and feed, and biofuels developments. If people do not change the policies on food, feed, and fuel, and engage in global actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and alleviate the damages of climate change and global warming, the consequences will be disastrous. People have to realize that increasing production is necessary, but not sufficient, to achieve food security. It is impossible to confine agricultural production to some parts of the globe and ship food to the rest of the world. People can mobilize the genetic revolution to the use of biotechnology and genetic imperatives to improve the agricultural practices. Water scarcity and water pollution are among the major threats facing our planet. There are global water tensions driven by population growth, industrialization, rapid urbanization, growing food requirements, and changing diets.
