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Declining Agricultural Productivity and Global Food Security

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/6450/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2011.653097
 
Title Declining Agricultural Productivity and Global Food Security
 
Creator Dar, W D
Gowda, C L L
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Climate change
 
Description It is imperative that the world’s farmlands become the frontline
for the battle to feed the projected 9 billion population globally.
The detrimental effects of climate change on food security can be
counteracted by broad-based economic development—particularly
enhanced agricultural investment for improved land, water, and
nutrient use. Improved crop, soil, and water management practices
and stress-tolerant varieties that will overcome the detrimental
impacts of climate change will lead to benefits like improved
food security, livelihoods, and environmental security. Among the
agricultural systems at greater risk of climate change are the
dryland tropics, where the International Crops Research Institute
for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has its mandate. ICRISAT’s
new Strategy to 2020 lays emphasis on inclusive market-oriented
development (IMOD) as a pathway out of poverty by linking farmers
to markets to increase incomes, enabled through a systems
perspective and purposeful partnerships.
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6450/1/Jrnl_Crp_Impr_27_242-254_2013.pdf
Dar, W D and Gowda, C L L (2013) Declining Agricultural Productivity and Global Food Security. Journal of Crop Improvement, 27 (2). pp. 242-254. ISSN 1542-7536