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Malthus foiled again and again

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  • Antony Trewavas

    (Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh)

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Throughout history, increasing population has driven the need to increase agricultural efficiency, so averting successive 'malthusian' disasters. In the twentieth century, the application of scientific knowledge to agriculture yielded tremendous dividends, enabling cereal yields to increase threefold since 1950. But with the world's population projected to reach nine billion by the middle of this century, new ways must be found to increase yields while preserving natural habitats and biodiversity.

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  • Antony Trewavas, 2002. "Malthus foiled again and again," Nature, Nature, vol. 418(6898), pages 668-670, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:418:y:2002:i:6898:d:10.1038_nature01013
    DOI: 10.1038/nature01013
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