In the old days, the straw was just a by-product of cereal production.
It's a question of survival and of independence in cereal production".
Cassman, K. G. Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture.
Raun, W. R. & Johnson, G. V. Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency for Cereal Production.
Mueller, N. D. et al. A tradeoff frontier for global nitrogen use and cereal production.
Cereal production in those lands increased by only 1%, compared with 12% in rich countries.
Those crops are expected to boost global cereal production modestly, to 2.31 billion tons.
The arid region was 11,000 tons short of its expected cereal production last year.
"India could lose 125 million tons of its rain-fed cereal production, equivalent to 18percentt of its total production".
Farm animals consume one third of global cereal production, 90% of soya meal and 30% of the fish caught.
Maintaining cereal production in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon presents a serious challenge.
