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Food prices, processing, and shocks: Evidence from rice and COVID-19 by Goeb, Joseph, Zone, Phoo Pye, Synt, Nang Lun Kham, Zu, A Myint, Tang, Yulu, Minten, Bart

“…Rice is the staple food for about half of the world's population and mills are the essential processing link between farmers and consumers, making rice milling one of the most important agro-processing sectors globally. …”
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Spatial production allocation model (SPAM) 2005: Technical documentation by Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Joglekar, Alison B., You, Liangzhi

“…By 2050, world population is estimated to reach 9.7 billion people (United Nations 2015). …”
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Yield and Zn content of biofortified rice genotypes in an Indonesian rice agro-ecosystem by Susanto, Untung, BAROKAH, UMI, HIDAYATULLAH, AKHMAD, SATOTO, SATOTO, SWAMY, MALIKARJUNA

“…Approximately one-third of the world's population suffer from Zn deficiency causing significant socio-economic losses as a result of stunting and compromised immune system function. …”
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Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates by Zhao, Chuang, Liu, Bing, Piao, Shilong, Wang, Xuhui, Lobell, David B., Huang, Yao, Huang, Mengtian, Yao, Yitong, Bassu, Simona, Ciais, Philippe, Durand, Jean-Louis, Elliott, Joshua, Ewert, Frank, Janssens, Ivan A., Li, Tao, Lin, Erda, Liu, Qiang, Martre, Pierre, Müller, Christoph, Peng, Shushi, Peñuelas, Josep, Ruane, Alex C., Wallach, Daniel, Wang, Tao, Wu, Donghai, Liu, Zhuo, Zhu, Yan, Zhu, Zaichun, Asseng, Senthold

“…Multimethod analyses improved the confidence in assessments of future climate impacts on global major crops, with important implications for developing crop- and region-specific adaptation strategies to ensure future food supply of an increasing world population.…”
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Weed ecology and weed management strategies for dry-seeded rice in Asia by Chauhan, Bhagirath S.

“…Rice is a principal source of food for more than half of the world population, and more than 90% of rice worldwide is grown and consumed in Asia. …”
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A global approach to crop wild relative conservation: securing the gene pool for food and agriculture by Maxted, Nigel, Kell, S., Toledo, A., Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, Heywood, V., Hodgkin, T., Hunter D, Guarino, Luigi, Jarvis, Andy, Ford-Lloyd, B.V.

“…In light of the growing concern over the potentially devastating impacts on biodiversity and food security of climate change and the massively growing world population, taking action to conserve crop wild relatives (CWR), is no longer an option it is a priority. …”
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Harvestplus : Breeding crops for better nutrition by Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H., McClafferty, Bonnie F.

“…Micronutrient malnutrition, the so-called hidden hunger, affects more than one-half of the world's population, especially women and preschool children in developing countries. …”
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Feeding 9 billion by 2050 – Putting fish back on the menu by Béné, Christophe, Barange, Manuel, Subasinghe, Rohana, Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Merino, Gorka, Hemre, Gro-Ingunn, Williams, Meryl

“…Through fish-related activities (fisheries and aquaculture but also processing and trading), fish contribute substantially to the income and therefore to the indirect food security of more than 10 % of the world population, essentially in developing and emergent countries. …”
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Are farmers searching for an African green revolution? Exploring the solution space for agricultural intensification in southern Mali by Ollenburger, M., Crane, Todd A., Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Development actors, including the African Union, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and bilateral donors, promote a technology-driven sustainable intensification of agriculture as a way to feed a growing world population and reduce rural poverty. A broader view of smallholder agriculture in the context of rural livelihoods suggests that technological solutions alone are unlikely to meet these goals. …”
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The genes and genomes of the potato by Ghislain, M., Douches, D.S.

“…Concluding on an optimistic note, we have many reasons, and evidence is starting to mount, that potato crop improvement is finally benefiting from decades of investment in molecular genetics and that the future hold the promises of faster releases of more robust varieties to pest, disease, and climatic extremes, as well as nutritionally enhanced varieties to feed an ever-growing world population.…”
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Dairy science and health in the tropics: Challenges and opportunities for the next decades by Hernández Castellano, L.E., Nally, J.E., Lindahl, Johanna F., Wanapat, M., Alhidary, I.A., Fangueiro, D., Grace, Delia, Ratto, M., Bambou, J.C., Almeida, A.M. de

“…In the next two decades, the world population will increase significantly; the majority in the developing countries located in the tropics of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. …”
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Actions to Transform Food Systems Under Climate Change by Steiner, Achim, Aguilar, Grethel, Bomba, Khalid, Bonilla, Juan Pablo, Campbell, Andrew, Echeverría, Rubén G., Gandhi, Rikin, Hedegaard, Connie, Holdorf, Diane, Ishii, Naoko, Quinn, Kenneth M, Ruter, Bas, Sunga, Ishmael, Sukhdev, Pavan, Verghese, Sunny, Voegele, Juergen, Winters, Paul, Campbell, Bruce M., Dinesh, Dhanush, Huyer, Sophia, Jarvis, Andrew, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Millan, Alberto, Thornton, Philip K., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Zebiak, Stephen E.

“…This is the overarching message from the wealth of literature on food systems.1 Analysis by Bene and colleagues finds that this growing body of literature focuses on four main types of failures: food systems’ inability (i) to produce greater quantities of food to feed a growing world population, (ii) to meet nutritional needs, and (iii) to benefit everyone equally and equitably, with both over- and underconsumption rife in current food systems, plus (iv) the negative impacts of food systems on the environment and natural resources.1 Last but far from least, climate change is increasingly having severe negative impacts on food systems, while food systems themselves are part of the problem through direct and indirect emissions.2 Our score for the global food system: cause for grave concern.…”
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Integrated water resource management to address the growing demand for food and water in South Asia by Birendra, K. C., McIndoe, I., Schultz, B., Prasad, K., Bright, J., Dark, A., Pandey, Vishnu Prasad, Chaudhary, A., Thapa, P. M., Perera, R., Dangi, D. R.

“…South Asia, the home to 24% of the world's population with only 15% and 7% of the world's arable and permanent crop land and water resources, respectively, is the worst-affected region in the world from undernourishment. …”
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Biological nitrogen fixation and prospects for ecological intensification in cereal-based cropping systems by Ladha, Jagdish K., Peoples, Mark B., Reddy, Pallavolu M., Biswas, Jatish C., Bennett, Alan, Jat, Mangi Lal, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…The demand for nitrogen (N) for crop production increased rapidly from the middle of the twentieth century and is predicted to at least double by 2050 to satisfy the on-going improvements in productivity of major food crops such as wheat, rice and maize that underpin the staple diet of most of the world's population. The increased demand will need to be fulfilled by the two main sources of N supply – biological nitrogen (gas) (N2) fixation (BNF) and fertilizer N supplied through the Haber-Bosch processes. …”
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Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap by Jägermeyr, J., Gerten, Dieter, Schaphoff, S., Heinke, Jens, Lucht, W., Rockström, Johan

“…As planetary boundaries are rapidly being approached, humanity has little room for additional expansion and conventional intensification of agriculture, while a growing world population further spreads the food gap. Ample evidence exists that improved on-farm water management can close water-related yield gaps to a considerable degree, but its global significance remains unclear. …”
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Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia by Phillips, Juliann, Durand-Morat, Alvaro, Nalley, Lawton L., Graterol Matute, Eduardo Jose, Bonatti, Michelle, Loaiza de la Pava, Katerine, Urioste, Sergio, Yang, Wei

“…Rice is a crucial contributor to global food security and is an important staple for over half the world's population. Irrigated paddy rice is a water-intensive crop, and an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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How could agricultural land systems contribute to raise food production under global change? by Wu, Wen-Bin, Yu, Qiang-Yi, Verburg, Peter H., You, Liangzhi, Yang, Peng, Tang, Hua-Jun

“…To feed the increasing world population, more food needs to be produced from agricultural land systems. …”
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Chinese food security and climate change: Agriculture futures by Ye, Liming, Tang, Huajun, Wu, Wenbin, Yang, Peng, Nelson, Gerald C., Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Palazzo, Amanda

“…Food security in China affects the livelihood and well-being of one-fifth of the world population. Climate change is now affecting agriculture and food production in every country of the world. …”
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From Green Super Rice to green agriculture: Reaping the promise of functional genomics research by Yu, Sibin, Ali, Jauhar, Zhou, Shaochuan, Ren, Guangjun, Xie, Huaan, Xu, Jianlong, Yu, Xinqiao, Zhou, Fasong, Peng, Shaobing, Ma, Liangyong, Yuan, Dingyang, Li, Zefu, Chen, Dazhou, Zheng, Ruifeng, Zhao, Zhigang, Chu, Chengcai, You, Aiqing, Wei, Yu, Zhu, Susong, Gu, Qiongyao, He, Guangcun, Li, Shigui, Liu, Guifu, Liu, Changhua, Zhang, Chaopu, Xiao, Jinghua, Luo, Lijun, Li, Zhikang, Zhang, Qifa

“…We also provide perspectives on new horizons in genomic breeding technologies geared toward delivering green and nutritious crop varieties to further enhance the development of green agriculture and better nourish the world population.…”
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Whither rice health in the lowlands of Asia: Shifts in production situations, injury profiles, and yields by Savary, Serge, Willocquet, Laetitia, Castilla, Nancy, Nelson, Andy, Shankar Singh, Uma, Kumar, Jatinder, Teng, Paul S.

“…These results call for urgently required reassessment of public efforts to safeguard these agrosystems that are of critical importance economically, socially, and culturally for roughly half the world's population.…”
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