Climate change, plant diseases and food security: an overview
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · Plant Industry
Abstract
Global food production must increase by 50% to meet the projected demand of the world’s population by 2050. Meeting this difficult challenge will be made even harder if climate change melts portions of the Himalayan glaciers to affect 25% of world cereal production in Asia by influencing water availability. Pest and disease management has played its role in doubling food production in the last 40 years, but pathogens still claim 10–16% of the global harvest. We consider the effect of climate change on the many complex biological interactions affecting pests and pathogen impacts and how they might be manipulated to mitigate these effects. Integrated solutions and international co‐ordination in their…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 45.40
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 112
Authors
2Topics & keywords
- Food security
- Climate change
- Biology
- Food processing
- Population
- Natural resource economics
- Integrated pest management
- Environmental resource management