The 7th billionth baby set to be delivered on October 31, 2011 will offer world farmers another opportunity to scale up their productivity to keep the world fed (Dw-world.de; accessed October 26, 2011). Investments in intellectual capital and technological innovations protect the world from the perception that more people are a threat to global sustenance. The question is: who will pay to get the extra one billion people fed?  (Reuters.com; accessed October 26, 2011)