Should we upgrade photosynthesis and grow supercrops?

[KurtNYC]

5. They say this stuff is to "feed more people with less land"

but that ignores the reasons that many people are under fed: war, access to food, extreme poverty, lack of water, ethanol, meat production and corruption.

Meanwhile, the US is finishing one of the biggest corn harvests on record which has pushed prices so low that farmers would not be able to afford to harvest it without the Federal subsidies which will likely be triggered, costing tax payers billions:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101947544