CropBoster-P Preparatory action to Boost Global Crop Yield for Food & Nutrition Security and fueling a Bioeconomy (DBA.AD001.315)

Thematic area

Biology, agriculture and food sciences

Project area

Structure responsible for the research project

Department Biology, agriculture and food sciences

Other structures collaborating in the research project

• Institute of agricultural biology and biotechnology (IBBA)
• Institute of sciences of food production (ISPA)

Project manager

FRANCESCO LORETO
Phone number: 0649937802
Email: direttore.disba@cnr.it

Abstract

Increasing global crop productivity will be central in meeting some of the greatest challenges facing mankind: How will we sustainably feed 9.7 billion people by 2050, while also achieving the transition from a fossil economy towards a bio-economy in order to mitigate, or possibly reverse, the effects of global climate change? How can we assure and maintain the nutritional quality of our future crops? Additionally, how can we provide new crop cultivars adapted to the constraints imposed across vast areas by climate change? A doubling of global crop productivity is required to produce enough plant biomass to achieve food and nutrition security, as well as to meet the demands of a future bioeconomy. To ensure both Food and Nutrition Security this increase in crop production must be achieved without any loss of nutritional quality. In addition, future agriculture will require crops that combine sustainability - they must efficiently using scarce resources like minerals and water and preserving Earth's biodiversity - with a high resilience to adverse climate conditions.

Start date of activity

01/11/2018

Keywords

CropBooster, Nutrition Security, Bioeconomy

Last update: 28/04/2024