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Research on how to increase agricultural productivity

  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural Research
  • Productivity
  • Agriculture Productivity

Academia and research organisations need to conduct research on how to increase agricultural productivity in view of climate change to improve population health and the livelihoods of (smallholder) farmers

Need characteristics

Societal challenges
  • Food Security
Themes
Increase agriculture productivity and resilience to climate change, while mitigating its impacts
Sub themes
How to increase agriculture productivity and food production?
Task/Job
  • Agriculture production and security
Pain
  • Decline in food productivity
  • Malnutrition
  • Spread of crop disease and pests
Gain
  • Agriculture resilience to climate change
  • Availability of livelihood alternatives
  • Increase in food productivity
  • Sustainable agriculture
Simplified climate and water scenarios
  • Dryer
  • Wetter
  • Wetter & Dryer