To feed a growing global population, major scientific breakthroughs are needed. In the latest edition of ANU Reporter, Natalia Bateman Vargas, GradDipScComm (Hons) ’05 takes a look at how a new research centre aims to boost the key food producing process of photosynthesis.

"In a world that will have nine billion people by 2050, and where more than 850 million people go hungry each day, the need to put together the best experts, facilities and technologies to find innovative solutions to meet the increasing demand for food has become urgent.

"Food security is an essential part of the world’s future. It depends on agriculture’s ability to grow nutritious food and to supply to an increased community.

"The recently launched Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, which has its main centre at the state-of the art plant science facilities at ANU, is a joint effort to explore ways to maximise the efficiency of photosynthesis in major food crops."

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