Crop Diversity: An Unexploited Treasure Trove for Food Security

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• 作者：Festo Massawe¹ ; ² ; ^{festo.massawe@nottingham.edu.my" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sean Mayes¹ ; ² ; Acga Cheng¹
• 关键词：climate change ; crop diversity ; green revolution ; underutilised crop
• 刊名：Trends in Plant Science
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：21
• 期：5
• 页码：365-368
• 全文大小：1403 K

文摘

The prediction is that food supply must double by 2050 to cope with the impact of climate change and population pressure on global food systems. The diversification of staple crops and the systems in which they grow is essential to make future agriculture sustainable, resilient, and suitable for local environments and soils.