Crop yields and global food security : will yield increase continue to feed the world? / Tony Fischer, Derek Byerlee, Greg Edmeades.
Material type: TextSeries: ACIAR monograph series ; no. 158. | ACIAR monograph series ; no. 158.Publication details: Canberra, Australia : Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2014Description: xxi, 634 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 978 1 925133 059 (pBK.)Other title: Crop yields and global food securitySubject(s): Food supply | Food security -- Environmental aspects | Food security -- Social aspects | Crop yields | Agriculture -- Social aspects | Agricultural innovations -- Economic aspects | Agricultural innovations -- Environmental aspectsLOC classification: HD9000.5 | .F57 2014Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | MMSU Main Library | HD9000.5.F57 2014 CIRC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Circulation | D-15-03 |
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction -- 2. Definitions, procedures and underlying crop physiology -- 3. Wheat -- 4. Rice -- 5. Maize -- 6. Soybean -- 7. Other crops -- 8. Closing yield gaps -- 9. Increasing potential yield -- 10. Climate change, crop yield, adaptation and mitigation -- 11. Resource use efficiency, sustainability and environment -- 12. Trends in total factor productivity -- 13. Policies and people -- 14. Summary and conclusion.
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