Author: B. S. Dhillon
Publisher: Alpha Science International, Ltd
Keywords: crops, foodgrain, resources, genetic, plant
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2005-11-20
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 8173195803
ISBN-13: 9788173195808

The increasing population and enhanced standard of living are placing greater demands on food-related requirements in terms of quantity, quality and diversity. The Green Revolution which significantly enhanced productivity of important food crops, nevertheless, resulted in certain fallouts as genetic erosion, soil degradation, chemical pollution and aquifer depletion. Amongst these, decrease in plant genetic diversity is an irreversible loss. As the basic raw material for future plant breeding, plant genetic resources of foodgrains are the key to future food security. Though, plant breeding ha

Authors:Zhang-Yue Zhou, Wei-Ming Tian, Wei-Ming Tian,
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: chinese, economy, series, trade, world, china, foodgrain, feedgrain, grains
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 2005-05
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0754642801
ISBN-13: 9780754642800

Addresses the dynamics of China’s grain production, consumption and trade with a particular emphasis on China’s demand for feedgrain vis- a-vis its demand for foodgrain and the likely implications of this on the international grain trade given that China is now a member of the WTO. Zhang-Yue Zhou from James Cook University, Qld.