If Australia does nothing, and
wheat production remains at about 25 million tonnes, the nation's market share would slip by about 240,000 tonnes per year as it lost to global rivals.
Not exact matches
In China, nearly 10 000
wheat varieties were used in
production in 1949; by the 1970s, only about 1000
remained in use22.
Climate change has decreased global maize and
wheat production, while soybean and rice
production have
remained stable.
IRRI says that the Green Revolution may have actually increased malnutrition among the poor.19 Consumption of vegetables in most Asian countries has
remained stagnant since the Green Revolution and vegetable prices have increased in both real and relative terms.20 In India, annual rice and
wheat production has more than tripled from pre-Green Revolution levels.
Mexico became self - sufficient in
wheat production for the first time in 1956 and has
remained self - sufficient since.