Farmer: Worldwide, just three grain crops-rice, wheat, and corn-account for most human caloric intake  To maintain this level of caloric intake and also keep pace with global population growth, yields per acre from each of these crops will have to increase at least 1
5 percent every year, given that the supply of cultivated land is diminishing
Current levels of funding for research into ways of improving grain crop yields per acre have enabled grain crop yields per acre to increase by more than 1. 5 percent per year worldwide