Sciences & Technology
The grand challenge of feeding 9 billion people
Virologist and infectious diseases expert Professor John Fazakerley on getting to grips with the inevitable outbreaks
Published 25 November 2016
Sciences & Technology
The grand challenge of feeding 9 billion people
A conversation with virologist and infectious diseases expert Professor John Fazakerley on the myriad threats to the global food supply from pathogen infestations in crops and livestock, and how new genetic and surveillance technologies are lending hope to keeping them in check.
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