<Li> Artturi Ilmari Virtanen </Li> <Li> Wilbur Olin Atwater </Li> <P> Agriculture sciences seek to feed the world's population while preventing biosafety problems that may affect human health and the environment . This requires promoting good management of natural resources and respect for the environment, and increasingly concern for the psychological wellbeing of all concerned in the food production and consumption system . </P> <P> Economic, environmental, and social aspects of agriculture sciences are subjects of ongoing debate . Recent crises (such as avian influenza, mad cow disease and issues such as the use of genetically modified organisms) illustrate the complexity and importance of this debate . </P>

A scientist who studies the relation between crops and environment