Today, only $5 billion is spent annually on research to improve the seven major global food crops, and just one-tenth of that is targeted to help small farmers in Africa and Asia. Investing an extra $88 billion in agricultural research and development over the next 15 years would increase yields by an additional 0.4% each year.
如今，每年只有50亿美元被用于研究改良全球七大主要粮食作物，这当中又仅有十分之一被用来定向帮助非洲和亚洲的小农。未来15年在农业研发领域额外投入880亿美元能额外增加每年0.4%的产量。