[1] RIPE aims to increase agricultural production worldwide, particularly to help reduce hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia by sustainably improving the yield of key food crops including soybeans, rice, cassava[2] and cowpeas.

[6] During the 20th century, the Green Revolution dramatically increased yields through advances in plant breeding and land management.

[10] The RIPE project's proof-of-concept study established photosynthesis can be improved to increase yields,[11] published in Science.

[13] Computer model simulations identify strategies to improve the basic underlying mechanisms of photosynthesis and increase yield.

[14] First, researchers transform, or genetically engineer, model plants that are tested in controlled environments, e.g. growth chambers and greenhouses.