THE FOOD CHAIN: "Less Water, More Biotech: Drought Resistance Is the Goal, But Methods Differ," by Andrew Pollack, New York Times, 23 October 2008.

This stuff will become so important on food security in the future, as the closer you live to the equator, the harder it will become to grow food due to droughts.

Neat fact: people drink only about two quarts a water a day but they eat food each day that requires—upstream—of 2-3,000 quarts, driving home the reality that ag use is the King Kong of water depletion.

Thus the key of "more crop per drop" for ag firms like Monsanto.