Crop Production under Stressful Conditions, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Application of Cutting-edge Science and Technology in Developing Countries

This book presents field studies on crop production in developing countries such as Vietnam, Kenya, Namibia, Colombia, Afghanistan and Sudan. Further, it examines the achievements of SATREPS, a development assistance program sponsored by the Japanese government that promotes international joint research to address these global issues. In this context, multidisciplinary research teams consisting of breeders, physiologists, soil scientists, agronomists, and other scientists related to agricultural development worked together to tackle the challenges involved in enhancing the capacity of crop production in the respective regions.

In addition to presenting novel scientific findings, this book highlights practical field studies that verify the effectiveness of the scientific findings in actual environments. The achievements will help to improve crop production worldwide, and the lessons learnt will be useful in re-designing strategies to address global issues in crop production, particularly in developing regions. Lastly, the outcomes discussed will be useful to policymakers and professionals engaged in crop production and food security in developing countries, as well as researchers and students.    

1.        SATREPS program challenging global issues on food security: Overview

Kokubun, M (Professor emerit

2.        Development of rice promising lines using genomic information in Vietnam

3.        Tailor-made rice breeding and cultivation technology for Kenya’s environment

4.        Development of flood- and drought-a

Iijima, M (Professor, Kinki University, crop ecology and agronomy)

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Okada, K (Professor, The University of Tokyo, crop ecology and agronomy)

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Ban, T (Professor, Yokohama City University, crop breeding)

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Nakashima, K (Senior researcher, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, plant molecular biology)

Watanabe, K (Professor, Tsukuba University, plant genetics)

Sugimoto, T (Professor, Kobe University, organic chemistry)

Introduces a unique framework for research collaboration and human capacity development that addresses global issues in crop production in developing countries

Provides successful examples of the application of cutting-edge science and technologies to solving problems in developing regions

Amply demonstrates the need for and effectiveness of multidisciplinary approaches to tackling issues on agriculture