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Global Perspectives on Underutilized Crops by Munir Ozturk; Khalid Rehman Hakeem; Muhammad Ashraf; Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Increase in world population, extreme weather conditions, decrease in fresh water supplies, and changes of dietary habits are major issues that affect global food security. We are expected to face the challenges of land use by 2050 because population will reach 9 billion while agricultural productivity losses are expected due to overuse of lands. How can we feed the next generations in a manner that respects our finite natural resources? Managing our resources in a sustainable way have only begun for selected crops. Much remains to be done to increase food yield. Cropping practices capable of sustainable production need to be elaborated, especially in fragile ecosystems. Typical applications will include the improvement and use of genetic resources; crop management and diversification; diffusion of improved varieties; development of cropping systems; sustainable cropping systems for areas prone to environmental degradation; use of agro-ecological data for crop production forecasting; and networks for regional coordination, and data exchange. The impetus behind this book is to bring attention to a cropping system that bears direct relevance to sustainable agriculture and food securi

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Author

Munir Ozturk; Khalid Rehman Hakeem; Muhammad Ashraf; Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad

Publisher

Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319777764

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Agriculture, Medical