Crops that feed the world 10. Past successes and future challenges to the role played by wheat in global food security

Food Security

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-317

  Shiferaw, Bekele ^a   Smale, Melinda ^b   Braun, Hans Joachim ^c   Duveiller, Etienne ^c   Reynolds, Mathew ^c   Muricho, Geoffrey ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demand; Food security; Produtivity growth; Supply; Technology adoption; Utilization; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; INNOVATION; PRODUCTION COST; PROTEIN; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WHEAT;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84883838410     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-013-0263-y     Document Type: Article

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