Challenges for agricultural research
As the world has changed during the past 50 years, so has agriculture. And so has agricultural research, which continues to confront new challenges, from food security to ecological concerns to land use issues. Indeed, as Guy Paillotin, the former president of the French National Institute for Agric...
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[Paris] : Praha :
OECD ; Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
2010.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705340206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Genetic Technology, Sustainable Animal Agriculture and Global Climate Change
- Challenges and Opportunities for Further Improvements in Wheat Yield
- Replacement of Fish Meal in Aquaculture Diets with Plant Ingredients as a Means of Improving Seafood Quality
- Major Trends in Mycotoxin Research
- Soil Resources: Science-Based Sustainability
- Food without Zoonotic Agents: Fact or Fiction?
- Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Production and Biodiversity Outcomes
- Balancing Global Agricultural Water Supply and Demand
- Effect of Reduced Water Supplies on Food Production Economies
- Global Soil Resource Base: Degradation and Loss to Other Uses
- Abbreviations
- The Role of Genetically Modified Plants in Sustainable Crop Protection
- Executive Summary
- Science-Based Policy Issues to Enable Sustainability on the Ground
- Report from the CRP Reflection Group meeting on “Vision for the Future”
- Economic Balance on Competition for Arable Land between Food and Biofuel: Global Responsibilities of Food, Energy and Environmental Security
- Foreword
- Altering Foods Derived from Animals for the Future?
- Plants for the Future
- Genetic Resources as the Building Blocks for Breeding: Current Status and Challenges
- Animal Biotechnology in the United States: the Regulation of Animal Clones and Genetically Engineered Animals
- Animal Cloning and Transgenesis
- The Biotechnology and Biosafety Activities at the OECD
- Biosafety Assessment of the EFSA GMO Panel.
