Sustaining global food security : the nexus of science and policy / editor, Robert S. Zeigler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zeigler, Robert S., editor.

CSIRO Publishing, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--Climatic factors.

Food security.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 pages)

Place of Publication:

Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

"Population growth alone dictates that global food supplies must increase by over 50% in coming decades. Advances in technology offer an array of opportunities to meet this demand, but history shows that these can be fully realised only within an enabling policy environment. Sustaining Global Food Security makes a compelling case that recent technological breakthroughs can move the planet towards a secure and sustainable food supply only if new policies are designed that allow their full expression."-- CSIRO Publishing Website.

Contents:

Part 1: Tapping and creating genetic resources. 1: Systematic assessment for conservation and utilisation of crop genetic resources

2: Crop species origins, the impact of domestication and the potential of wide hybridisation for crop improvement

3: Technological and policy challenges to utilisation of plant genetic resources

4: Oryza genome diversity: discovery, management and utilisation

Part 2: Redesigning crop plants. 5: Reducing mineral and vitamin deficiencies through biofortification: progress under HarvestPlus

6: Delivering biofortified crops in developing countries

7: Fatty acids and pharmamolecules

8: Resistant starch, large bowel fermentation and human health

9: Redesigning crop photosynthesis

Part 3: Modern plant breeding. 10: Modern plant breeding: a perspective from the public sector in the United States

11: Improving the regulation and social acceptance of crop-protection and seeds products produced using new technologies: an industry perspective

12: Plant phenome to genome: a big data challenge

13: Incorporating stress tolerance in rice

Contents note continued: Part 4: Managing the crop. 14: Closing crop yield gaps around the world

15: The soil microbiome and crop nitrogen nutrition in anaerobic systems: a case study in rice

16: Manipulating molecular interactions between hosts and pathogens for enhancing resistance and disease management

17: Sustainable rice pest management: the role of agricultural policies

18: A view of water management: from river basin to farm

Part 5: Sustainable intensive systems. 19: Remote sensing for sustainable agricultural management

20: A new public–private interface for staple crops: the Sustainable Rice Platform

21: Linking public goods with private interests: investing in performance at scale with smallholders and the private sector

Part 6: Major agricultural regions in transition. 22: Agricultural growth, transformation and policies in China

23: Modern plant and agricultural sciences and public policies in India: creating a sustainable global food supply

24: Unlocking Africa’s agricultural potential

25: Sub-Saharan agriculture in transition: the case of rice

Part 7: Globalisation of food supply. 26: The rapid transformation of food supply chains in developing and emerging economies (DEEs) with implications for farmers and consumers

27: Social change and policies driving the transformation of consumption in the food systems

28: Trade as a means to meeting global food needs.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781486308101

1486308104

9781486308095

1486308090