and doing "maintenance research" which is
research that helps prevent losses in yield and allows crop to use fewer inputs. Examples are
the incorporation of genes for pest resistance, improved storage and packaging, fixing
nitrogen from soil, etc. Similarly improved resource management through the use of
information technologies permits more efficient use of inputs for the same level of crop
yields, thus reduces the deterioration of natural resource quality. Whereas the green
revolution technologies led to quantum jumps in crop yields, the new biotechnologies and