# The case for engineering our food

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2015
- Speaker: Pamela Ronald
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_ronald_the_case_for_engineering_our_food)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Pamela Ronald studies the genes that make plants more resistant to disease and stress. In an eye-opening talk, she describes her decade-long quest to isolate a gene that allows rice to survive prolonged flooding. She shows how the genetic improvement of seeds saved the Hawaiian papaya crop in the 1990s — and makes the case that modern genetics is sometimes the most effective method to advance sustainable agriculture and enhance food security for our planet’s growing population.

## Lectures

1. [The case for engineering our food](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/pamela_ronald_the_case_for_engineering_our_food/09c15b541044), 18 min (TED's player)