Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a
continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce …

Yields of crops must increase substantially over the coming decades to keep pace with
global food demand driven by population and income growth. Ultimately global food …

Phosphorus (P) is a limiting nutrient for plants and an essential element for all life on Earth.
As the resources of phosphate rock are depleting, new management tools for …

Although global food demand is expected to increase 60% by 2050 compared with
2005/2007, the rise will be much greater in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Indeed, SSA is the …

Farmland abandonment is a widespread land-use change in temperate regions, due to
increasing yields on productive lands, conservation policies, and the increasing imports of …

Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for life. In many tropical countries, P-fixing soils and
very low historical P input limit uptake of P in crops and thus yields. This presents a serious …

Food systems approaches are increasingly used to better understand transitions in diets,
sustainable resource use and social inclusion. Moreover, food systems frameworks are also …

As one of the important concepts in conventional quantitative genetics and breeding, genetic
gain can be defined as the amount of increase in performance that is achieved annually …

Food production requires application of fertilizers containing phosphorus, nitrogen and
potassium on agricultural fields in order to sustain crop yields. However modern agriculture …

Phosphorus (P) is a finite and dwindling resource. Debate focuses on current production
and use of phosphate rock rather than on the amounts of P required in the future to feed the …