Nitrogen, the most abundant element in the atmosphere, is a great problem in agriculture. Nitrogen’s simultaneous abundance and lack thereof in the developed and developing world respectively is a major barrier to the advancement and expansion of modern agriculture. What can be done?

For more information (and where we got our information) please visit:

http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats

http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/biological-nitrogen-fixation-23570419

Indeed, what can be done? We have a variety of options, each with their pros and cons. Something has to be done, but we’ll have to weigh our options to find out what.

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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/143973/crop-rotation

http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/biological-nitrogen-fixation-23570419

Genetically modifying organisms can potentially help the aforementioned problem, but what does that mean? What do you mean “mutants”?

For more information (and where we got our information) please visit:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140601-blond-hair-color-gene-mutation-science/

http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetic-mutation-1127

Learn how GMOs have helped millions of people and start the journey from lab to land.

Continue the journey of the GMO through all of the safety assessments; are GMOs really that scary?

For more information (and where we got our information) please read the paper from the Annual Review of Plant Biology "Genetically Engineered Crops: From Idea to Product" by Prado, et alia.

So, how specifically can GMOs help the nitrogen problem? Find out what we are doing to help!

For more information (and where we got our information) please visit:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_24

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/bnf/Acetylene_Reduction.asp

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/E/Esch.coli.html