Green Revolution research saved an estimated 18 to 27 million hectares from being brought into agricultural production

New estimates of the impacts of germplasm improvement in the major staple crops between 1965 and 2004 on global land-cover change are presented, based on simulations carried out using a global economic model (Global Trade Analysis Project Agro-Ecological Zone), a multicommodity, multiregional comput...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2013-05, Vol.110 (21), p.8363-8368
Hauptverfasser:	Stevenson, James R., Villoria, Nelson, Byerlee, Derek, Kelley, Timothy, Maredia, Mywish
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural development. Rural area planning AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT SPECIAL FEATURE Agricultural land Agricultural production Agriculture - economics Agriculture - history Agriculture - methods Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions Biological and medical sciences Biological Sciences Crop economics Crop production crops Crops, Agricultural - economics Crops, Agricultural - growth & development cultivars Deforestation Developing countries econometric models Economic models Ecosystem ecosystems Food crops food prices Food Supply - economics Forests Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General agroecology. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development. Rural area planning. Landscaping General agronomy. Plant production Generalities. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development Genetic improvement germplasm History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Hunger Land cover Land use LDCs Models, Theoretical Pastures Poverty Poverty - economics Poverty - history Research - economics Research - history Simulation Social Sciences
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