DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e59422/challenges_for_agr) has announced the addition of the "Challenges for Agricultural Research" report to their offering.
This publication presents twenty papers delivered at an OECD conference on agricultural research. They highlight recent major progress in agricultural research outcomes and address the challenges that lie ahead.
As the world has changed during the past 50 years, so has agriculture. And so has agricultural research, which continues to confront new challenges, from food security to ecological concerns to land use issues. Indeed, as Guy Paillotin, the former president of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) has noted, agricultural research has reached new heights in biology and is exploring other disciplines. It is forever changing, as are the needs of the society.
The changing challenges faced by agricultural research were examined in depth at a conference organised by the OECDs Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, together with the Czech Republics Ministry of Agriculture. Participants came from all agricultural sectors and included farmers, industry, scientists and decision makers, as well as other stake holders.
Key Topics Covered:
Part I. Coping with Pressures on Natural Resources (Water and Soil)
- Balancing Global Agricultural Water Supply and Demand
- Effect of Reduced Water Supplies on Food Production Economies
- Global Soil Resource Base: Degradation and Loss to Other Uses
- Soil Resources: Science-Based Sustainability
Part II. Delivering Agriculture for Food and the Environment
- Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Production and Biodiversity Outcomes
- The Role of Genetically Modified Plants in Sustainable Crop Protection
- Science-Based Policy Issues to Enable Sustainability on the Ground
Part III. Competition in Agriculture for Food, Fibre and Fuel
- Economic Balance on Competition for Arable Land between Food and Biofuel:
- Genetic Technology, Sustainable Animal Agriculture
- Challenges and Opportunities for Further Improvements in Wheat Yield
- Replacement of Fish Meal in Aquaculture Diets with Plant Ingredients
Part IV. Food Safety Today and Tomorrow: the Challenges in Changing Food and Farming Practices
- Major Trends in Mycotoxin Research
- Food without Zoonotic Agents: Fact or Fiction?
- Altering Foods Derived from Animals for the Future?
- Plants for the Future
- Genetic Resources as the Building Blocks for Breeding
Part V. Regulatory Challenges
- Animal Biotechnology in the United States: the Regulation of Animal Clones
- Animal Cloning and Transgenesis
- The Biotechnology and Biosafety Activities at the OECD
- Biosafety Assessment of the EFSA GMO Panel
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