Bill Gates claims 'magic seeds' engineered to adapt to climate change will help solve world hunger

Bill Gates has called for greater investment in engineered crops that can adapt to climate change and resist agricultural pests, in an effort to solve world hunger. In the latest annual Goalkeepers Report from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates says the global hunger crisis is so immense that food aid cannot fully address the problem. What's also needed, he argues, are innovations in farming technology that can help to reverse the crisis. Gates points in particular to a breakthrough he calls'magic seeds' - including maize that has been bred to be more resistant to hotter, drier climates, and rice that requires three fewer weeks in the field. These innovations will allow agricultural productivity to increase despite the changing climate, he argues.