Some estimates show that the world will have to increase global agricultural production by sixty percent in order to meet rising food demand by 2050. What scientific solution would help with world food shortages?

Genetic Modification of crop plants.

Explanation:

Genetic modification alters the genome of an organisms through the use of biotechnological tools and advancements in molecular biology. Usually, DNA is swapped among organisms, and between species;  this is called transgenes. These altered plants are usually called transgenic organisms.

Some plants can be modified in several ways to meet global food security needs. These include:

-drought tolerance-plants grow in arid conditions with minimal water

-increased yield- plants produce more crop per input

the nitrogen cycle provides nitrogen to the ecosystem from the atmosphere, ground and oceans. nitrogen is an important component of complex molecules such as amino acids and nucleotides, which lead to the creation of proteins and dna, the building blocks of all life. plants absorb nitrogen in the form of ammonium, nitrate ion and, on rare occasions, as amino acids. animals receive nitrogen necessary for biological processes from feeding on living or dead organic matter.