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From the 4th - 8th of September 2011, the Eucarpia Fodder Crops and
Amenity Grasses Section, held its 29th Meeting in the surroundings
of Dublin Castle in Ireland. The theme of the meeting was 'Breeding
strategies for sustainable forage and turf grass improvement'.
Grasslands cover a significant proportion of the land mass of the
world, and play a pivotal role in global food production. At the
same time we are faced with several challenges that affect the way
in which we think about this valuable set of resources. The
population of the world is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050,
and increase of about one third relative to today's levels. This
population increase will be focused in urban areas, and in what are
currently viewed as "developing" countries, meaning that the buying
power of this increased population will be greater - shifting the
balance of demand from staple crops to high value items such as
meat and dairy products. Overall that the world will have to
approximately double agricultural output across all categories of
food to meet the demands of this larger, urbanised population. This
is occurring against a backdrop of equally large challenges in
terms of global climate change. Agriculture is already a
significant contributor to e.g. greenhouse gas emissions,
deforestation and soil erosion. The situation is made more complex
by an increased emphasis on biofuels as a solution for our imminent
oil shortage, resulting in increased competition between land
utilised for food and fuel. In short, agriculture must continue to
feed the world, whilst not contributing to damaging it further. It
must be sustainable. Plant breeding plays a significant but
frequently understated role in meeting the challenges presented by
this complex and changing scenario. However, plant breeding and
improvement is itself undergoing radical change driven by
technology. This book explores how forage and turf breeding is
changing and adapting to meet these challenges using the
technological advances being experienced in plant breeding as a
whole.
From the 4th - 8th of September 2011, the Eucarpia Fodder Crops and
Amenity Grasses Section, held its 29th Meeting in the surroundings
of Dublin Castle in Ireland. The theme of the meeting was 'Breeding
strategies for sustainable forage and turf grass improvement'.
Grasslands cover a significant proportion of the land mass of the
world, and play a pivotal role in global food production. At the
same time we are faced with several challenges that affect the way
in which we think about this valuable set of resources. The
population of the world is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050,
and increase of about one third relative to today's levels. This
population increase will be focused in urban areas, and in what are
currently viewed as "developing" countries, meaning that the buying
power of this increased population will be greater - shifting the
balance of demand from staple crops to high value items such as
meat and dairy products. Overall that the world will have to
approximately double agricultural output across all categories of
food to meet the demands of this larger, urbanised population. This
is occurring against a backdrop of equally large challenges in
terms of global climate change. Agriculture is already a
significant contributor to e.g. greenhouse gas emissions,
deforestation and soil erosion. The situation is made more complex
by an increased emphasis on biofuels as a solution for our imminent
oil shortage, resulting in increased competition between land
utilised for food and fuel. In short, agriculture must continue to
feed the world, whilst not contributing to damaging it further. It
must be sustainable. Plant breeding plays a significant but
frequently understated role in meeting the challenges presented by
this complex and changing scenario. However, plant breeding and
improvement is itself undergoing radical change driven by
technology. This book explores how forage and turf breeding is
changing and adapting to meet these challenges using the
technological advances being experienced in plant breeding as a
whole.
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