Have you heard about Super-rice?

The problem with projects of this sort is that whoever develops the product will claim to "own" it, like Monsanto "owns" its seeds. This is not being developed out of the goodness of someone's heart. It's a commercial move to make money for someone. Can it help with world hunger? Think about it. If we still had the thousands of varieties mother nature started us off with, we wouldn't have to worry so much about crop failures because those failures would only be local. If the big corporations didn't have the market, small local ones would be able to provide quality seed for their own areas. Genetic modification, monoculture and commercial fertilizer hasn't solved world hunger yet. Why would we pin our hopes on scientific manipulation now?

n the long run I am sure it will help. I do not see it really becoming much of a help in the next few years though since they are just starting to research it.