Research Paper on:
Future of Global Agriculture

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take them to the local market where local villagers could purchase them. In this day and age in which the local market is now a global market, however, a farmer  in Nebraska could be planting his wheat crop, harvesting it, and then shipping it, not to Omaha, but across the world to China. Given the changes in agriculture during the  past century from a primarily local activity to one that is international in scope, it would be interesting to examine potential futures of this particular industry on a global basis.  One past event that will likely have an impact on future agricultural processes is the development of the International Agricultural Research Centers  (IARCs), which were launched in response to concern over worldwide growing food shortages (Byerlee et all, 1995; see also Ruttan, 2000). When the first IARCs were developed in the early  1960s in developing countries, the wheat and rice yields of these countries were small (about half of their 1990s levels), with only certain types of cereal varieties grown only in  certain parts of East Asia (Byerlee et all, 1995). By 1990, the IARCs had expanded to 17 centers and an annual budget exceeding $250 million (Byerlee et all, 1995). The  cereal varieties that had flourished only in East Asia could be found in other parts of the world as well, in addition to high yields of other crops as well  (Byerlee et all, 1995). Given the apparent success of these IARCs, and the ability of these centers to develop information that developing countries can use to better feed their population,  one future trend we can likely expect is that research will continue on boosting crop yields and types of crops that can grow in various parts of the world.