March 2017 (22 pages) ISBN: 978-1-936727-14-8 Download PDF version According to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (Statistics Division 2016), a relatively small area of the world, 23 percent of total cropland, accounts for a large proportion of total global cereal production, with most of the area devoted to three major cereal crops: maize (70.3 … Continue reading The Risks of Multiple Breadbasket Failures in the 21st Century: A Science Research Agenda