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World Challenges in Weed Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Ludwig Eue
Ludwig Eue*
Affiliation:
Bayer AG, Pflanzenschutz Anwendungstechnik Biologische Forschung, 5090 Leverkusen, Fed. Rep. Germany
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All of us expect good food in adequate quantities. The question is how to reach this aim in the near future with an increasing world population (Table 1). A comparison of past figures with those forecast for the coming years tells us that in the near future the rate of population growth will greatly outpace the available arable land. Dietary energy requirements will increase. Consumption of grain crops will increase although on a smaller scale than in the past. The need for protein products will also continue to soar.

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Weed Science , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 155 - 160
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Copyright © 1986 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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