relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/7693/
title: The future of dryland cereals and legumes for the smallholder farmer in the semi-arid tropics
creator: Vadez, V
creator: Bossuet, J
subject: Millets
subject: Chickpea
subject: Pigeonpea
subject: Groundnut
subject: Sorghum
description: Besides a major financial crisis  since 2008, a major inflation and  volatility of the price of the most  important staple foods such as rice or  wheat is threatening global food security,  especially for the millions of poor in  developing countries. Food production  has returned to the top of the political  agenda worldwide. Today, we are at a  crossroads. About 850 million people  still go to bed hungry. Food production  needs to be increased by about 70% in  the next 40 years to feed over 9 billion  people by 2050 and food systems have  to be more inclusive of the poorest  population. To achieve this increase  and food access for the most vulnerable,  many challenges need to be addressed,  including a changing climate and shrinking  natural resources. Innovations such  as high yield wheat and rice cultivars  and fertilizers sparked a green revolution  in South Asia in the 1960s but they are  now showing certain limits in terms of  sustainability and profitability.
publisher: John Libbey Eurotext
date: 2013
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/7693/1/Secheresse_2013_24_250-251.pdf
identifier:   Vadez, V and Bossuet, J  (2013) The future of dryland cereals and legumes for the smallholder farmer in the semi-arid tropics.  Secheresse, 24.  pp. 250-251.  ISSN 1147-7806     
relation: http://www.jle.com/en/revues/agro_biotech/sec/sommaire.phtml