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008			210824s2012 xxk|||p|op||| 00| 0 eng d
022			_a1460-2431 (Online)
022			_a0022-0957
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/err241
040			_aMX-TxCIM
041			_aeng
090			_aCIS-6361
100	1		_aReynolds, M.P. _gGlobal Wheat Program _8INT1511 _9831
245	1	0	_aGlobal crop improvement networks to bridge technology gaps
260			_aOxford (United Kingdom) : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aPeer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0022-0957
520			_aTo ensure future food security, there is an urgent need for improved co-ordination of agricultural research. While advances in biotechnology hold considerable promise, significant technology gaps exist that may reduce their impact. Examples include an incomplete knowledge of target breeding environments, a limited understanding and/or application of optimal crop management practices, and underfunded extension services. A better co-ordinated and more globalized approach to agricultural research through the implementation of Global Crop Improvement Networks (GCIN) is proposed. Such networks could underpin agricultural research and development by providing the following types of services: (i) increased resolution and precision of environmental information, including meteorological data, soil characteristics, hydrological data, and the identification of environmental ?hotspots? for a range of biotic, abiotic, and socio-economic constraints; (ii) augmented research capacity, including network-based variety and crop management trials, faster and more comprehensive diagnosis of emerging constraints, timely sharing of new technologies, opportunities to focus research efforts better by linking groups with similar productivity constraints and complementary skills, and greater control of experimental variables in field-based phenotyping; and (iii) increased communication and impacts via more effective dissemination of new ideas and products, the integration of information globally to elicit well-timed local responses to productivity threats, an increased profile, and the publicity of threats to food security. Such outputs would help target the translation of research from the laboratory into the field while bringing the constraints of rural communities closer to the scientific community. The GCIN could provide a lens which academia, science councils, and development agencies could use to focus in on themes of common interest, and working platforms to integrate novel research approaches on crop adaptation and rural development.
526			_aMCRP _bFP3
526			_aWC _cFP3
536			_aConservation Agriculture Program|Socioeconomics Program|Research and Partnership Program|Global Wheat Program
546			_aText in English
591			_aOxford
594			_aINT0599|INT3032|INT1511|CPKO01|INT2698|INT2813|INT3032
650		7	_aAgricultural development _2AGROVOC _91002
650		7	_aBreeding _2AGROVOC _91029
650		7	_aCrop management _2AGROVOC _91061
650		7	_aExtension Activities _2AGROVOC _99091
650		7	_aFood security _2AGROVOC _91118
650		7	_aNetworks _2AGROVOC _94881
650		7	_aPartnerships _2AGROVOC _94842
700	1		_9852 _aHellin, J. J. _gFormerly Socioeconomics Program _8INT2698
700	1		_aGovaerts, B. _gSustainable Intensification Program _gIntegrated Development Program _gDG's Office _8INT2813 _9860
700	1		_93876 _aKosina, P.
700	1		_aSonder, K. _gSocioeconomics Program _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _8INT3032 _9882
700	1		_96273 _aHobbs, P.
700	1		_aBraun, H.J. _gFormerly Global Wheat Program _8INT0599 _9824
773	0		_tJournal of Experimental Botany _gv. 63, no. 1, p. 1-12 _dOxford (United Kingdom) : Oxford University Press, 2012. _wG444540 _x0022-0957
856	4		_yAccess only for CIMMYT Staff _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/1226
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