Challenges for Agricultural Research
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9789264090101
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Description: As the world has changed during the past 50 years, so has agriculture. And so has agricultural research, which continues to confront new challenges, from food security to ecological concerns to land use issues. Indeed, as Guy Paillotin, the former president of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) has noted, agricultural research "has reached new heights in biology and is exploring other disciplines. It is forever changing, as are the needs of the society". The changing challenges faced by agricultural research were examined in depth at a conference organised by the OECD’s Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, together with the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Agriculture. Participants came from all agricultural sectors and included farmers, industry, scientists and decision makers, as well as other stake holders. This publication presents the twenty papers delivered at the conference. They highlight recent major progress in agricultural research outcomes and address the challenges that lie ahead. www.oecd.org/agriculture/crp
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Abbreviations; title: Executive Summary; title: Report from the CRP Reflection Group meeting on "Vision for the Future"; title: Balancing Global Agricultural Water Supply and Demand; title: Effect of Reduced Water Supplies on Food Production Economies; title: Global Soil Resource Base: Degradation and Loss to Other Uses; title: Soil Resources: Science-Based Sustainability; title: Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Production and Biodiversity Outcomes; title: The Role of Genetically Modified Plants in Sustainable Crop Protection; title: Science-Based Policy Issues to Enable Sustainability on the Ground; title: Economic Balance on Competition for Arable Land between Food and Biofuel: Global Responsibilities of Food, Energy and Environmental Security; title: Genetic Technology, Sustainable Animal Agriculture and Global Climate Change; title: Challenges and Opportunities for Further Improvements in Wheat Yield; title: Replacement of Fish Meal in Aquaculture Diets with Plant Ingredients as a Means of Improving Seafood Quality; title: Major Trends in Mycotoxin Research; title: Food without Zoonotic Agents: Fact or Fiction?; title: Altering Foods Derived from Animals for the Future?; title: Plants for the Future; title: Genetic Resources as the Building Blocks for Breeding: Current Status and Challenges; title: Animal Biotechnology in the United States: the Regulation of Animal Clones and Genetically Engineered Animals; title: Animal Cloning and Transgenesis; title: The Biotechnology and Biosafety Activities at the OECD; title: Biosafety Assessment of the EFSA GMO Panel.