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Page last updated at 07:04 GMT, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:04 UK

Expert 'worried' about future food supplies

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The UK should plough £2bn ($3.3bn) into crop research to help stave off world hunger, according to the Royal Society.

Professor Sir David Baulcombe of Cambridge University chaired the findings.

He said concern over future food supplies meant ''all options'' needed to be considered.

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