Evaluating the economic and social impact of soil microbes
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2010
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Sandhu, H.S.
Gupta, V.V.S.R.
Wratten, S.D.
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Dixon, G.
Tilston, E.
Tilston, E.
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Source details - Title: Soil microbiology and sustainable crop production, 2010 / Dixon, G., Tilston, E. (ed./s), Ch.11, pp.399-417
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Developments in agriculture have been very successful in producing sufficient amounts of food to meet the growing demand by human population in the twentieth century. This was possible due to breakthroughs in the development of high yielding cultivars and the combined efforts of agricultural research and public policy to support high input-based farming in different parts of the world. The 'Green Revolution' yielded desired outcomes due to agricultural intensification, accomplished through the use of input-responsive plant cultivars, increased chemical use in the form of fertilisers and chemical based plant protection measures. These modern technologies are practised in agro-ecosystems which are the largest managed ecosystems on earth and comprise 1.5 billion hectares of cropping area and about 3.5 billion hectares of pasture land area (FAO)
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