Can organic sources of nutrients increase crop yields to meet global food demand?

J Timsina - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

Beyond conservation agriculture

KE Giller, JA Andersson, M Corbeels… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Global support for Conservation Agriculture (CA) as a pathway to Sustainable Intensification
is strong. CA revolves around three principles: no-till (or minimal soil disturbance), soil …

[图书][B] The economics of biodiversity

P Dasgupta - 2024 - books.google.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture

A Muller, C Schader, N El-Hage Scialabba… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
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 …

Organic farming and small-scale farmers: Main opportunities and challenges

Z Jouzi, H Azadi, F Taheri, K Zarafshani… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

The greenhouse gas impacts of converting food production in England and Wales to organic methods

LG Smith, GJD Kirk, PJ Jones, AG Williams - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Agriculture is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and must
feature in efforts to reduce emissions. Organic farming might contribute to this through …

Issues for cropping and agricultural science in the next 20 years

RA Fischer, DJ Connor - Field Crops Research, 2018 - Elsevier
This position paper honours agricultural scientist and colleague, Professor Bob Loomis, by
discussing the urgent global challenge of food security and the related impacts on the …

What is code biology?

M Barbieri - Biosystems, 2018 - Elsevier
Various independent discoveries have shown that many organic codes exist in living
systems, and this implies that they came into being during the history of life and contributed …

[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 …

Why geese benefit from the transition from natural vegetation to agriculture

AD Fox, KF Abraham - Ambio, 2017 - Springer
The energy and nutrient content of most agricultural crops are as good as or superior to
natural foods for wild geese and they tend to be available in agricultural landscapes in far …