Perennial Food Security
In August 2013, our scientists helped the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations organize a workshop in Rome on the role of perennial crops in providing food security. Since then the FAO published a book on the proceedings. Here are links to the document: in its entirety, by section, and by chapter.
- Entire report (9.1MB)
- Introduction
- Section 1 Genetics and Breeding: State of the art, gaps and opportunities (3.7MB)
- 01 Perennial crops: needs, perceptions, essentials – Len J. Wade
- 02 Perennial rice: challenges and opportunities – Erik J. Sacks
- 03 The progression of perennial rice breeding and genetics research in China – Shila Zhang, Wensheng Wang, Jing Zhang, Zhang Ting, Wangqi Huang, Peng Xu1, Dayun Tao, Binyin Fu, Fengyi Hu
- 04 Perennial wheat breeding: current germplasm and a way forward for breeding and global cooperation – Philip J. Larkin, Matthew T. Newell
- 05 Evaluation of nine perennial wheat derivatives grown in Italy – Norberto E. Pogna, Elena Galassi, Roberto Ciccoritti, Ester De Stefanis, Daniela Sgrulletta, Pierino Cacciatori, Laura Gazza, Alessandro Bozzini
- 06 Current efforts to develop perennial wheat and domesticate Thinopyrum intermedium as a perennial grain –Lee R. DeHaan, Shuwen Wang, Steven R. Larson, Douglas J. Cattani, Xiaofei Zhang, Traci Kantarski
- 07 Viewpoint: multiple-harvest sorghums toward improved food security – Andrew H. Paterson, T. Stan Cox, Wenqian Kong, Maria Navarro
- 08 Breeding and genetics of perennial maize: progress, opportunities and challenges – Seth C. Murray, Russell W. Jessup
- 09 Evaluating perennial candidates for domestication: lessons from wild sunflower relatives – David L. Van Tassel, Sean R. Asselin, Sheila A. Cox, Gina Sideli, Douglas J. Cattani
- Genetics and Breeding: State of the art, gaps and opportunities (3.7MB)
- 10 Domestication of Lepidium campestre as part of Mistra Biotech, a research programme focused on agro-biotechnology for sustainable food – Mulatu Geleta, Li-Hua Zhu, Sten Stymne, Anna Lehrman, Sven Ove Hansson
- 11 Agriculture redesign through perennial grains: case studies – Sieglinde Snapp
- Section 2 Agro-Systems, Ecology and Nutrition (3.7MB)
- 12 From genetics and breeding to agronomy to ecology – Stan Cox, Timothy Crews, Wes Jackson
- 13 Economics and system applications for perennial grain crops in dryland farming systems in Australia –Lindsay W. Bell
- 14 From field to table: perspectives and potential for fruit domestication – Briana L. Grossa, Allison J. Millerb
- 15 Development and marketing of perennial grains with benefits for human health and nutrition – David C. Sands, Alice Pilgeram, Cindy E. Morris
- 16 Intercropping of legumes with cereal crops in particular with the perennials to enhance forage yields and quality – Dost Muhammed, Ates Serkan
- 17 Development of continuous living cover breeding programs to enhance agriculture’s contribution to ecosystem services – Bryan Runck, Michael Kantar, James Eckberg, Richard Barnes, Kevin Betts, Clarence Lehman, Lee DeHaan, Robert Stupar, Nicholas Jordan, Craig Sheaffer, Paul Porter, Donald Wyse
- 18 Are perennial crops more adapted to maintain long-term relationships with soils and, therefore, to sustainable production systems, soil restoration and conservation? – Wim H. Van der Putten
- 19 Perennial grain systems: a sustainable response to future food security challenges – John P. Reganold
- 20 Perennial grains: beyond bootlegging, feasibility and proof-of-concept – Jerry D. Glover
- 21 A new species of wheat that continues to grow after harvest – Stephen Jones, Colin Curwen-McAdams, Mathew Arterburn
- Section 3 Policy, Economics and Way Forward (2.2MB)
- 22 Twelve principles for better food and more food from mature perennial agroecosystems – Roger R.B. Leakey
- 23 Perennial crops and trees: targeting the opportunities within a farming systems context – John Dixon, Dennis Garrity
- 24 Perennial polycultures: how do we assemble a truly sustainable agricultural system? – Douglas J. Cattani
- 25 Agronomic management of perennial wheat derivatives: using case studies from Australia to identify challenges – Richard C. Hayes, Matthew T. Newell, Mark R. Norton
- 26 Back to the future! Thoughts on ratoon rice in Southeast and East Asia – Ronald D. Hill
- 27 Present situation concerning the introduction of perennial habit into most important annual crops – Alessandro Bozzini
- 28 Recommendations: perennial agriculture and landscapes of the future – Constance Neely, John Choptiany, Caterina Batello