Options to enhance the impact of AKST on the development and sustainability goals (Chapter 6)

GURIB-FAKIM, A.; SMITH, L.; BOSSIO, D; TABOADA, M.; VIGLIZZO, E.F.

Agriculture at the Crossroad: Global Report

Island Press

Lugar: Washington; Año: 2009; p. 377 - 440

Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology(AKST) has contributed to substantial increases in agriculturalproduction over time, contributing to foodsecurity. This has been achieved primarily through a strongfocus on increasing yields with improved germplasm, andincreased inputs (water, agrochemicals) and mechanization.These increases in productivity have contributed to a net increasein global food availability per person: from 2360 kcalin the 1960s to 2803 kcal per person per day in the 1990s,at a time when world population significantly increased.