Minguet Parramona, Carla (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)
The rapid increase on world’s population is threatening food security, mainly in developing countries, where poverty and hunger are already a big concern. However, a growth in agriculture generates an ...
Legnaioli, Tommaso (Date of defense: 2013-02-26)
The increase in water use efficiency in order to maintain or improve crop yields in times of global warming and progressive reduction of water resources is one of the major challenges faced by agricultural ...
Serrat Gurrera, Xavier (Date of defense: 2016-09-30)
The current world population is over 7.4 billion and expected to exceed 9 billion in 2040, causing a 70% increase in food demand. Global environmental degradation, in the form of salinization, pollution ...
Vestrella, Antonio (Date of defense: 2016-02-09)
This study looks at green roofs in a Mediterranean environment. A green roof is a structure installed on the roof of a building and is characterised by a thin substrate layer and limited vegetation ...
Zhou, Bangwei (Date of defense: 2015-01-09)
China represents around 20% of world population and this proportion will remain similar in the coming decades, whereas an improvement in diet will increase the consumption of wheat. Although wheat grain ...
Khaled Elazab, Abdelhalim (Date of defense: 2015-07-13)
Cereals are the basis of the normal diet in most Mediterranean countries and it is estimated that they account for 35-50% of the regional populations’ dietary energy consumption. Water deficit is the ...