Proceedings of a workshop on "Wheat productivity in the EU: determinants and challenges for food security and for climate change"

The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is starting a new research line with the aim to describe the current situation and analyze the elements affecting wheat yields and wheat farming productivity. To scope the issue, the JRC organised a workshop on "Wheat productivity in the EU: determinants and challenges for food security and for climate change" in Seville on 22nd and 23rd November 2012. This JRC Scientific and Policy Report provides the proceedings of the workshop, that covered the following topics: Session 1: Wheat productivity trends in Europe and world-wide ; Session 2: Innovation in production factors affecting wheat productivity ; Session 3: Policies and regulations affecting wheat productivity ; Session 4: Outlook on wheat productivity.