Sentences with phrase «global grain yields»
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Mr. A. H. Boerma, General Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is calling upon the world to set aside 15 % of the annual grain yield in a global food bank for emergency use to prevent starvation.
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«As the global population is projected to increase by almost 3 billion by 2050, rice breeders urgently need to develop new and sustainable rice varieties with higher yield, healthier grains and reduced environmental footprints.
He persuaded developing countries to adopt this new seed — and later, an improved rice — ultimately tripling global cereal grain yield.
The researchers found out that in response to global temperature increases, grain yield declines are predicted for most regions in the world.
«As the global population is projected to increase by almost 3 billion by 2050, rice breeders urgently need to develop new and sustainable rice varieties with higher yield, healthier grains and reduced environmental footprints.
At Tuesday's House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on Climate Science and EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulation, Dr. Christopher Field of the Carnegie Institution for Science, presented a scary assessment of global warming's impact on U.S. grain yields.