Economic Impacts of Cover Crops for a Missouri Wheat–Corn–Soybean Rotation

GM crops: The socio-economic impacts

World population has already exceeded 6.5 billion, out of which about 850 million (13 percent) are undernourished. With the current growth rate, the world community faces even a greater challenge of hunger and food security as the estimated the population will catch 9 billion by the year 2050 with doubled needs for food. At the same time, preservation of biodiversity, stopping deforestation and...

gm crops: the socio-economic impacts

world population has already exceeded 6.5 billion, out of which about 850 million (13 percent) are undernourished. with the current growth rate, the world community faces even a greater challenge of hunger and food security as the estimated the population will catch 9 billion by the year 2050 with doubled needs for food. at the same time, preservation of biodiversity, stopping deforestation and...

Alternative Crops in Double-Crop Systems for Missouri

land is used for crop production and can increase potential profit. There are ecological as well as economic advantages to increasing the amount of time the land is used for production. A winter grain crop, traditionally wheat, can act as a cover crop to prevent erosion. A warm-season double crop, often soybean, may yield smaller returns than a full-season crop but often averages a positive net...

Short Rotation Woody Crops for Industrial Applications

Purpose-grown trees have the potential to be a significant portion of the bioenergy solution in the Southeastern United States. Trees are a biomass source with existing end-use markets and associated infrastructure and provide a “living inventory” with a variety of benefits over annually harvested energy crops. The economic feasibility of utilizing tree woody biomass is improved by increasing p...

Gm Crops 1996-2012: a Review of Agronomic, Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts