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Food production will have to increase in the next 50 years to meet
the demand from a growing population and changed food habits, as
e.g. for higher meat consumption. The increased production will
have to be based on rain-fed agriculture or more effective
irrigation strategies, and will have to be mainly in the tropics,
since further enhancement in productivity in the western
agriculture is a slow process, if possible at all. Climate change
will become a major threat to this demand/supply equation, since
many new problems will hamper the productivity gain that otherwise
could have been achieved. Simple movement of genetic material or
management techniques (North South or South North) to overcome
future climate change, are doubtful, since photoperiodic control of
most tropical species are very strong. Establishing more local
breeding programs in a wider number of tropical species than
currently, is highly relevant for continuously adapting to changing
climate. Apart from crop breeding, many new research areas within
plant physiology needs further work.
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