“Countries with large populations, including nations like India and China, have assessed options for providing enough food in a world increasingly limited by resources such as land, water and fertiliser,” she says. “And they’ve concluded that if the choice is between eating and starving, they’ll accept genetically modified crops.” [...] Recently, Gready and her team of researchers have had a breakthrough in photosynthesis improvement, which involves looking at reaction pathways in the chloroplasts of plants, and it all comes down to one small, powerful enzyme – Rubisco. [...] ANU and Gready have recently struck an agreement with Bayer Bioscience to develop the technology. The agreement allows for royalty-free licences to international and national agricultural bodies that develop food crop varieties for subsistence farmers in developing countries.