Colloquium on Plants and Population: Is There Time?

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COLLOQUIUM ON PLANTS AND POPULATION: IS THERE TIME? Plants and Population: is there time? Contents Plants and population: Is there time? HISTORICAL BACKGROUND DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND PROSPECT: THE CHALLENGE COLLOQUIUM GOALS AND STRUCTURE INSIGHTS FROM THE COLLOQUIUM CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE World food and agriculture: Outlook for the medium and longer term KEY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS WORLD PRODUCTION AND FOOD INSECURITY: AN UNCERTAIN LINK. FUTURE PROSPECTS CONCLUSIONS The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter century Global and local implications of biotechnology and climate change for future food supplies I. INTRODUCTION II. THE IFPRI–IMPACT MODEL III. SPECIFYING THE NONPRICE SUPPLY (AREA AND YIELD) TERMS IV. POLICY SCENARIOS V. POLICY SIMULATIONS VI. POLICY IMPLICATIONS APPENDIX: THE IFPRI–IMPACT MODEL BASE CASE World food trends and prospects to 2025 CEREAL PRODUCTION TRENDS THE FUTURE: CEREAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY CONCLUSION Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity? THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR) IN PRESERVING GENETIC RESOURCES CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHEAT GENETIC RESOURCES USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES IN MAIZE IMPROVEMENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUES RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES GENETIC RESOURCES: WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS? Ecological approaches and the development of "truly integrated" pest management INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS ECOLOGY OF HOST–PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL CONCLUSIONS Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture THE NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION INTENSIFICATION IN FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTS YIELD POTENTIAL SOIL QUALITY PRECISION AGRICULTURE CONCLUSIONS The transition to agricultural sustainability SUSTAINABILITY SCENARIOS SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS C RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds AGRONOMIC TRAITS DIFFERENTIATED CROPS PLANTS AS FACTORIES Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming CONCLUSIONS Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer From pre-Hispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico Gardenification of tropical conserved wildlands: Multitasking, multicropping, and multiusers THE WILDLAND GARDEN THE WILDLAND YELLOW PAGES A TALE OF TWO FREEZERS BIODIVERSITY PROSPECTING "ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CONTRACTS" BETWEEN THE WILDLAND GARDEN AND SOCIETY BE POSITIVE APPENDIX I APPENDIX II Global environmental impacts of agricultural expansion: The need for sustainable and efficient practices THE ECOLOGY OF DOUBLING CROP PRODUCTION ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF DOUBLING GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE AND THE LOSS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MORE OF THE SAME WILL NOT WORK ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS AND SUSTAINABILITY CONCLUSIONS Nitrogen management and the future of food: Lessons from the management of energy and carbon HOW THE NITROGEN CYCLE WORKS AND HOW IT IS BEING DISRUPTED WHY THE INCREASE IN STOCKS OF FIXED NITROGEN IS TROUBLESOME LESSONS FROM CARBON AND ENERGY FOR NITROGEN AND FOOD CONCLUSIONS