Claim · model-written summary
Available uncropped land, double cropping and relay intercropping could enable area expansion.
- Taxon
- staple grain cropst0
- Outcome
- increase of cropping areae0
- Qualifier
- increased utilization of available, uncropped land suitable for crop production, increased double cropping, and relay intercroppinge0
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Verbatim
e0“This increase of cropping area can be achieved by increased utilization of available, uncropped land suitable for crop production, increased double cropping, and relay intercropping”
t0“main annual top-five staple grain crops”
Title
Sustainable Intensification of Global Agronomic Output
Niels Dybro; Alan Christopher Hansen Journal of Agricultural Science 2018. doi:10.5539/jas.v10n3p30
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Extrapolated trends indicate crop production will increase 106% by 2050.
- Observation The projected production increase includes 31% area expansion.
- Recommendation Authors recommend matching crops to conditions and adopting intensive sustainable production practices to double output by 2050.
- Recommendation Authors recommend considering machinery systems to reduce compaction risk.
- Observation Proposed changes could more than double food production by 2050 relative to 2005.