Sustainable agricultural intensification: The promise of innovative farming practices

Nicola Cenacchi, Cindy M. Cox, Myles Fisher, Karen Garrett, Jawoo Koo, Nicostrato D. Perez, Claudia Ringler, Richard Robertson and Mark W. Rosegrant

Chapter 4 in 2013 Global Food Policy Report, 2014, pp 43-52 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Sustainable agricultural intensification holds promise to play a role in the broader effort to ensure food security while protecting our natural resource base. But what would such a sustainable intensification look like in practice? This chapter presents the results of an ex ante assessment of the yield and food security potential of 11 technologies for the sustainable intensification of the key staple crops of maize, rice, and wheat.

Keywords: agricultural policies; nutrition policies; food policy; food security; Nutrition; Hunger; undernourishment; stunting; malnutrition; intensification; Agricultural research; research and development; information and communication technology (ICT); technology adoption; social safety nets; social protection; Markets; trade; economic development; agricultural development; agricultural production; Smallholders; productivity; economic indicators; Eastern Europe; Europe; South West Asia; Central Asia; South Asia; Asia; Africa south of Sahara; North Africa; Africa; Middle East; Latin America; South America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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