Crop Diversity: An Unexploited Treasure Trove for Food Security

Festo Massawe; Sean Mayes; Acga Cheng

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2016.02.006

Crop Diversity: An Unexploited Treasure Trove for Food Security

Trends Plant Sci. 2016 May;21(5):365-368. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.02.006.

Authors

Festo Massawe¹, Sean Mayes², Acga Cheng³

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.

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.

Keywords: climate change; crop diversity; green revolution; underutilised crop.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Climate Change
Crops, Agricultural / physiology*
Food Supply*