Using Crop Genetic Resources To Help Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change: Economics and Policy
USA
April 22, 2015
by Paul Heisey and Kelly Day-Rubenstein
Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-139) 29 pp, April 2015
Climate change will likely increase demand for more stress-resistant crop varieties. ERS reviews technical, economic, and institutional factors that could determine the extent of crop genetic resource use to find and incorporate adaptive traits.
Keywords: Crop genetic resources, crop germplasm, climate change, plant breeding, agricultural research
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