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Herbicide Classes in Development - Mode of Action, Targets, Genetic Engineering, Chemistry (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
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Herbicide Classes in Development - Mode of Action, Targets, Genetic Engineering, Chemistry (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
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Chemical pest control is in use in practically every country in the
world since agrochemicals play a decisive role in ensuring food
supply and protection against damage by pests, insects and
pathogenic fungi. Particularly in the half century since World War
II, food production has risen dramatically in most parts of the
world. In the last 20 years, the yield of major crops has roughly
doubled in Western agriculture and there is still the potential for
further achievements, particularly in the developing countries. The
world's cereal and rice production, now more than 2 billion
tons/year, has to increase by 2. 4% annually to cope with the
rising food demand caused mainly by the growing population and
improvement of living standards in most of the developing
countries. Such a demand for food has to be achieved by higher
yields from the restricted arable land already in use. Global farm
land resources are about 1. 4 billion ha, of which 1. 2 billion ha
is cultivated with major crops. Experts agree that a future
substantial addition of new produc tive areas is unlikely. Those
with a high yield potential are already in use; new fields with a
lower output may possibly be obtained by cultivation of arid or
cold areas. More recently, new areas of large-scale farmland have
been devel oped in tropical regions of Latin America, primarily in
Argentina and Brazil, at the cost of the destruction of tropical
rain forest.
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