Crop Diversity: An Unexploited Treasure Trove for Food Security

Massawe F 1 , Mayes S 2 , Cheng A 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Biotechnology Research Centre, School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Crops For the Future, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Electronic address: festo.massawe@nottingham.edu.my
  • 2 Biotechnology Research Centre, School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Crops For the Future, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • 3 Biotechnology Research Centre, School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Trends Plant Sci, 2016 05;21(5):365-368.
PMID: 27131298 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.02.006

Abstract

The prediction is that food supply must double by 2050 to cope with the impact of climate change and population pressure on global food systems. The diversification of staple crops and the systems in which they grow is essential to make future agriculture sustainable, resilient, and suitable for local environments and soils.

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