Statements like thanking the gene banks have been made by the author showing that the author thinks that this a great discovery by the scientists solving the food problem for seven billion people.
Step-by-step explanation:
The name of the passage is "Worth more than a gold". The name of the author of this passage is Amy Charles. The focus of this passage is on crops, plants grown by the farmers of America. The culture of growth of crops in this country.
But there are some diseases that the crops of the farmers have to go through and the solution of the fighting with the diseases has been discussed in the passage which has led to the increase in the production of the crops by the farmers.