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Increasing food crop productivity

Description

Increasing food crop productivity involves implementing practical measures to boost yields and resource efficiency on existing farmland. This strategy addresses food insecurity and land scarcity by adopting improved crop varieties, optimizing irrigation and fertilization, employing integrated pest management, and utilizing modern farming technologies. The core intent is to sustainably maximize output per hectare, reduce losses, and ensure stable food supplies, thereby remedying hunger, malnutrition, and pressure on natural ecosystems.This information has been generated by artificial intelligence.

Broader

Updating methods of agricultural production
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Increasing global food production
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Improving food self-sufficiency
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Improving productivity
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Improving food production systems
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Building up local production
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Narrower

Maximizing agricultural land yield
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Upgrading local rice yields
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Increasing seasonal crop yields
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Increasing marketable crop yield
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Increasing annual acreage yield
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Developing transgenic crops
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Facilitated by

Upgrading local soil productivity
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Fertilizing soils
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Problem

Declining agricultural land
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Inappropriate selection of crops for non-nutritional qualities
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Value

Unproductivity
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Increase [D]
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Counterproductivity
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Content quality
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Language
English
1A4N
Q4234
DOCID
12742340
D7NID
195382
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/increasing-food-crop-productivity
Last update
Oct 20, 2022