(NAS Colloquium) Plants and Population

COLLOQUIUM ON PLANTS AND POPULATION: IS THERE TIME?
Plants and Population: is there time?
Contents
Plants and population: Is there time?
	HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
	DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND PROSPECT: THE CHALLENGE
	COLLOQUIUM GOALS AND STRUCTURE
	INSIGHTS FROM THE COLLOQUIUM
	CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE
World food and agriculture: Outlook for the medium and longer term
	KEY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
	WORLD PRODUCTION AND FOOD INSECURITY: AN UNCERTAIN LINK.
	FUTURE PROSPECTS
	CONCLUSIONS
The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter century
Global and local implications of biotechnology and climate change for future food supplies
	I. INTRODUCTION
	II. THE IFPRI–IMPACT MODEL
	III. SPECIFYING THE NONPRICE SUPPLY (AREA AND YIELD) TERMS
	IV. POLICY SCENARIOS
	V. POLICY SIMULATIONS
	VI. POLICY IMPLICATIONS
	APPENDIX: THE IFPRI–IMPACT MODEL BASE CASE
World food trends and prospects to 2025
	CEREAL PRODUCTION TRENDS
	THE FUTURE: CEREAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY
	CONCLUSION
Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity?
	THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR) IN PRESERVING GENETIC RESOURCES
	CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHEAT GENETIC RESOURCES
	USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES IN MAIZE IMPROVEMENT
	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUES RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES
	MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES
	GENETIC RESOURCES: WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS?
Ecological approaches and the development of "truly integrated" pest management
	INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS
	ECOLOGY OF HOST–PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL
	CONCLUSIONS
Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture
	THE NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION
	INTENSIFICATION IN FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTS
	YIELD POTENTIAL
	SOIL QUALITY
	PRECISION AGRICULTURE
	CONCLUSIONS
The transition to agricultural sustainability
	SUSTAINABILITY SCENARIOS
	SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS C
	RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS
Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds
	AGRONOMIC TRAITS
	DIFFERENTIATED CROPS
	PLANTS AS FACTORIES
Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming
	CONCLUSIONS
Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer
From pre-Hispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico
Gardenification of tropical conserved wildlands: Multitasking, multicropping, and multiusers
	THE WILDLAND GARDEN
	THE WILDLAND YELLOW PAGES
	A TALE OF TWO FREEZERS
	BIODIVERSITY PROSPECTING
	"ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CONTRACTS" BETWEEN THE WILDLAND GARDEN AND SOCIETY
	BE POSITIVE
	APPENDIX I
	APPENDIX II
Global environmental impacts of agricultural expansion: The need for sustainable and efficient practices
	THE ECOLOGY OF DOUBLING CROP PRODUCTION
	ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF DOUBLING GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION
	AGRICULTURE AND THE LOSS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
	MORE OF THE SAME WILL NOT WORK
	ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS AND SUSTAINABILITY
	CONCLUSIONS
Nitrogen management and the future of food: Lessons from the management of energy and carbon
	HOW THE NITROGEN CYCLE WORKS AND HOW IT IS BEING DISRUPTED
	WHY THE INCREASE IN STOCKS OF FIXED NITROGEN IS TROUBLESOME
	LESSONS FROM CARBON AND ENERGY FOR NITROGEN AND FOOD
	CONCLUSIONS