%0 Journal Article
%@ 1542-7536
%A Dar, W D
%A Gowda, C L L
%D 2013
%F icrisat:6450
%I Taylor & Francis
%J Journal of Crop Improvement
%K Global food security, sustainable agriculture, rainfed  agriculture, climate change impact
%N 2
%P 242-254
%T Declining Agricultural Productivity and Global Food Security
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/6450/
%V 27
%X It is imperative that the world’s farmlands become the frontline  for the battle to feed the projected 9 billion population globally.  The detrimental effects of climate change on food security can be  counteracted by broad-based economic development—particularly  enhanced agricultural investment for improved land, water, and  nutrient use. Improved crop, soil, and water management practices  and stress-tolerant varieties that will overcome the detrimental  impacts of climate change will lead to benefits like improved  food security, livelihoods, and environmental security. Among the  agricultural systems at greater risk of climate change are the  dryland tropics, where the International Crops Research Institute  for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has its mandate. ICRISAT’s  new Strategy to 2020 lays emphasis on inclusive market-oriented  development (IMOD) as a pathway out of poverty by linking farmers  to markets to increase incomes, enabled through a systems  perspective and purposeful partnerships.