Organic agriculture is often perceived as more sustainable than conventional farming. We
review the literature on this topic from a global perspective. In terms of environmental and …

Meeting global demand of safe and healthy food for the ever-increasing population now and
into the future is currently a crucial challenge. Increasing crop production by preserving …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Organic agriculture is proposed as a promising approach to achieving sustainable food
systems, but its feasibility is also contested. We use a food systems model that addresses …

Agriculture today places great strains on biodiversity, soils, water and the atmosphere, and
these strains will be exacerbated if current trends in population growth, meat and energy …

Scientists and policy-makers globally are calling for alternative approaches to conventional
intensification of agriculture that enhance ecosystem services provided by biodiversity. The …

Organic agriculture is often proposed as a more sustainable alternative to current
conventional agriculture. We assess the current understanding of the costs and benefits of …

Industrially produced N-fertilizer is essential to the production of cereals that supports
current and projected human populations. We constructed a top-down global N budget for …

Producing enough food to meet the needs of a growing population has always been the
greatest concern of food policy-makers around the world. Given the increasing attention to …

Organic agriculture is widely accepted as a strategy to reduce the environmental impacts of
food production and help achieve global climate and biodiversity targets. However, studies …