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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Colloquium on Plants and Population: Is There Time? Irvine, Calif.
Otros Autores: Cohen, Joel E., Fedoroff, Nina V. (Nina Vsevolod), 1942-
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1999.
Temas:
Agriculture > Congresses.
Food supply > Congresses.
Biodiversity conservation > Congresses.
Agriculture > Congrès.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Congrès.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Agriculture
Biodiversity conservation
Food supply
Conference papers and proceedings
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  • COLLOQUIUM ON PLANTS AND POPULATION: IS THERE TIME?
  • Plants and Population: is there time?
  • Contents
  • Plants and population: Is there time?
  • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
  • DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND PROSPECT: THE CHALLENGE
  • COLLOQUIUM GOALS AND STRUCTURE
  • INSIGHTS FROM THE COLLOQUIUM
  • CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE
  • World food and agriculture: Outlook for the medium and longer term
  • KEY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
  • WORLD PRODUCTION AND FOOD INSECURITY: AN UNCERTAIN LINK.
  • FUTURE PROSPECTS
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter centuryGlobal and local implications of biotechnology and climate change for future food supplies
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. THE IFPRIâ€?IMPACT MODEL
  • III. SPECIFYING THE NONPRICE SUPPLY (AREA AND YIELD) TERMS
  • IV. POLICY SCENARIOS
  • V. POLICY SIMULATIONS
  • VI. POLICY IMPLICATIONS
  • APPENDIX: THE IFPRIâ€?IMPACT MODEL BASE CASE
  • World food trends and prospects to 2025
  • CEREAL PRODUCTION TRENDS
  • THE FUTURE: CEREAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY
  • CONCLUSION
  • Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity?THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR) IN PRESERVING GENETIC RESOURCES
  • CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHEAT GENETIC RESOURCES
  • USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES IN MAIZE IMPROVEMENT
  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUES RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES
  • MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES
  • GENETIC RESOURCES: WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS?
  • Ecological approaches and the development of “truly integratedâ€? pest management
  • INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTSECOLOGY OF HOSTâ€?PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture
  • THE NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION
  • INTENSIFICATION IN FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTS
  • YIELD POTENTIAL
  • SOIL QUALITY
  • PRECISION AGRICULTURE
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • The transition to agricultural sustainability
  • SUSTAINABILITY SCENARIOS
  • SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS CRESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS
  • Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds
  • AGRONOMIC TRAITS
  • DIFFERENTIATED CROPS
  • PLANTS AS FACTORIES
  • Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer
  • From pre-Hispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico

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