Many previous studies have estimated the carrying capacity and feasible planetary
boundaries for humankind. However, less attention has been given to how we will …

Agriculture plays an important role in sustaining all human activities. Major challenges such
as overpopulation, competition for resources poses a threat to the food security of the planet …

Population and income growth are increasing global food demand at a time when a third of
the world's agricultural soils are degraded and climate variability threatens the sustainability …

The rapid growth of plastics production exacerbated the triple planetary crisis of habitat loss,
plastic pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Circular strategies have been …

Global agriculture puts heavy pressure on planetary boundaries, posing the challenge to
achieve future food security without compromising Earth system resilience. On the basis of …

Water scarcity raises major concerns on the sustainable future of humanity and the
conservation of important ecosystem functions. To meet the increasing food demand without …

Sustainable strategies for managing weeds are critical to meeting agriculture's potential to
feed the world's population while conserving the ecosystems and biodiversity on which we …

Despite general agreement that meeting food demand without further loss of natural
ecosystems requires sustainable intensification, there is little dialogue about the research …

Ecological intensification (EI) could help return agriculture into a 'safe operating space'for
humanity. Using a novel application of meta-analysis to data from 30 long-term experiments …

The world population is expected to reach over 9 billion by 2050, which will require an
increase in agricultural and food production by 70% to fit the need, a serious challenge for …