Claim · model-written summary
Productivity advances were achieved about equally through improved crop management and improved plant genetic potential.
- Taxon
- cropt0
- Outcome
- Productivity advancese1
- Qualifier
- in about equal measure through both improved crop management (agronomy) and improved plant genetic potential (breeding)e1
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Verbatim
t0“challenges for crop improvement”
e1“Productivity advances were achieved in about equal measure through both improved crop management (agronomy) and improved plant genetic potential (breeding)”
Title
Agriculture at the crossroad: challenges for crop improvement
R. J. Lawn ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) 2009
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Crop productivity per unit arable land and per unit labour advanced hugely.
- Observation Investment in agricultural R&D declined in real terms over the past two decades.
- Observation Investment in biotechnology for crops is only now starting to show real promise.
- Recommendation Productivity gains sufficient for future food security will require major investment in agricultural R&D.
- Recommendation An attempt to return to low-input agriculture would expose millions to food scarcity.