Comprehensive assessment tools are needed that reliably describe environmental impacts
of different agricultural systems in order to develop sustainable high yielding agricultural …

Animal husbandry, aquaculture and fishery have major impacts on the environment. In order
to identify the range of impacts and the most important factors thereof, as well as to identify …

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 …

Western diets are characterised by a high intake of meat, dairy products and eggs, causing
an intake of saturated fat and red meat in quantities that exceed dietary recommendations …

The key environmental benefits of faba bean are its ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen
symbiotically under a broad spectrum of environmental conditions and making this …

Organic farming (OF) is considered a promising solution for reducing environmental burdens
related to intensive agricultural management practices. The question arises whether OF …

Raw materials for animal feeding are highly deficient in Europe, which results in massive
imports of soya beans from North and South America. These imports are connected with a …

Is low greenhouse gas emission (GHG) agriculture possible? Is it, in fact, desirable? In
seeking answers to these two basic but extremely relevant questions, this study examines …

Since the 1990s, numerous agri-environmental indicators and indicator-based methods
have been developed to assess the adverse effects of cropping and farming systems such …

Extensive or low-input farming is considered a way of remedying many problems associated
with intensive farming practices. But do extensive farming systems really result in a clear …