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… THE LAND IN NUMBERS LIVELIHOODS AT A TIPPING POINT FOREWORD … • For an estimated world population of 9 billion in 2050, agricultural production must increase by about 70% globally and 100% in developing countries. 20 • If agricultural land productivity remains at its current levels, …

… In contrast to traditional farming systems where agricultural inputs were mainly produced by farmers, the … many countries – making up about 35 percent of the global land area – will experience novel climates they have not been … security under the growing pressures of climate change. Agricultural crop varieties and the particular traits they …

… of food security, climate change and the loss of agricultural biodiversity. Over one billion people are … to conserve the existing crop diversity, and to allow agricultural researchers, breeders and farmers access to it. … over the long run. As oil, clean water and arable land become scarcer, their cost as agricultural inputs …

… and facilitation of safe international trade. Increas- ing agricultural production and exports is recognized as a … the protection of plants (both cultivated and wild, on land or in aquatic environments), the ap- plication of … occurrence. However, it is now widely accepted by the agricultural industry that pest control needs to target a …

… relatives of cultivated plants in crop improvement and agricultural development cannot be overemphasized. There are … was ignored for many years because of its many negative agricultural characteristics. But in the 1980s it was … production constitutes 85 per cent of the agricultural land used, with several different varieties grown. The local …

… of new infrastructures pose a significant threat for agricultural and natural areas and, by extension, for the … to protection measures, and RECOGNIZING the role of the land-use matrix in the preservation of biodiversity and its … planning, environmental, health, social, cultural, agricultural) in order to foster and coordinate the operation …

… JUANITA CHAVES POSADA Commissioned by the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), supporting the implementation … vulnerable population in the country, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) commissioned a study to identify … 300 meters. The weather is diverse due to differences in land elevation. Location of Huehuetenango, Guatemala In the …

… exert significant control over food commodities, agricultural inputs, and global markets; RECOGNIZING that … a lack of access to production inputs, support services, land, facilities and decision-making processes over the … the need to manage carefully the expansion of industrial agricultural land in such a way as to avoid compromising the …