[HTML][HTML] Revisiting fertilisers and fertilisation strategies for improved nutrient uptake by plants

PS Bindraban, C Dimkpa, L Nagarajan, A Roy… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2015 - Springer
Meeting human needs within the ecological limits of our planet calls for continuous reflection
on, and redesigning of, agricultural technologies and practices. Such technologies include …

Achieving yield gains in wheat

M Reynolds, J Foulkes, R Furbank… - Plant, cell & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Wheat provides 20% of calories and protein consumed by humans. Recent genetic gains
are< 1% per annum (pa), insufficient to meet future demand. The Wheat Yield Consortium …

Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture

D Tilman, C Balzer, J Hill… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Global food demand is increasing rapidly, as are the environmental impacts of agricultural
expansion. Here, we project global demand for crop production in 2050 and evaluate the …

Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation

DK Ray, N Ramankutty, ND Mueller, PC West… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
In the coming decades, continued population growth, rising meat and dairy consumption
and expanding biofuel use will dramatically increase the pressure on global agriculture …

Innovative agronomic practices for sustainable intensification in sub-Saharan Africa. A review

S Kuyah, GW Sileshi, L Nkurunziza, N Chirinda… - Agronomy for …, 2021 - Springer
Africa's need to double food production and feed the burgeoning human population, without
compromising its natural resource base, has raised the momentum for sustainable …

Environmental impacts and constraints associated with the production of major food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

TW Reynolds, SR Waddington, CL Anderson, A Chew… - Food Security, 2015 - Springer
Many environmental factors constrain the production of major food crops in Sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia. At the same time, these food production systems themselves have a …

Concentrating vs. spreading our footprint: how to meet humanity's needs at least cost to nature

A Balmford - Journal of Zoology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
How to feed, house, clothe and power 11 billion of us without eliminating very many species
and wrecking Earth's climate is perhaps this century's greatest challenge. We must obviously …

What conservationists need to know about farming

A Balmford, R Green, B Phalan - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Farming is the basis of our civilization yet is more damaging to wild nature than any other
sector of human activity. Here, we propose that in order to limit its impact into the future …

Eco‐efficient agriculture: Concepts, challenges, and opportunities

BA Keating, PS Carberry, PS Bindraban… - Crop …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Eco‐efficiency in the simplest of terms is about achieving more with less—more agricultural
outputs, in terms of quantity and quality, for less input of land, water, nutrients, energy, labor …

[HTML][HTML] Taking complexity in food systems seriously: An interdisciplinary analysis

T Foran, JRA Butler, LJ Williams, WJ Wanjura, A Hall… - World Development, 2014 - Elsevier
Motivated by donor interest in innovative thinking on food security, we conducted an
interdisciplinary, triangulation analysis of four divergent conceptual frameworks, each …