Technological revolutions in smart farming: Current trends, challenges & future directions

V Sharma, AK Tripathi, H Mittal - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022 - Elsevier
With increasing population, the demand for agricultural productivity is rising to meet the goal
of “Zero Hunger”. Consequently, farmers have optimized the agricultural activities in a …

Role of integrated crop-livestock systems in improving agriculture production and addressing food security–A review

U Sekaran, L Lai, DAN Ussiri, S Kumar… - Journal of Agriculture and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) can be productive, sustainable, and climate-
resilient agricultural systems compared to specialized and intensive systems. This review …

Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options?

KE Giller, T Delaune, JV Silva, M van Wijk, J Hammond… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Most food in sub-Saharan Africa is produced on small farms. Using large datasets from
household surveys conducted across many countries, we find that the majority of farms are …

A review on the practice of big data analysis in agriculture

A Kamilaris, A Kartakoullis… - Computers and Electronics …, 2017 - Elsevier
To tackle the increasing challenges of agricultural production, the complex agricultural
ecosystems need to be better understood. This can happen by means of modern digital …

The future of farming: Who will produce our food?

KE Giller, T Delaune, JV Silva, K Descheemaeker… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a
continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce …

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 …

Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development

DR Kanter, M Musumba, SLR Wood, C Palm, J Antle… - Agricultural …, 2018 - Elsevier
A vibrant, resilient and productive agricultural sector is fundamental to achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals. Bringing about such a transformation requires optimizing a …

[HTML][HTML] When yield gaps are poverty traps: The paradigm of ecological intensification in African smallholder agriculture

P Tittonell, KE Giller - Field Crops Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Yield gaps are pervasive in African smallholder agriculture, and are large for almost all
crops in all regions. There is consensus that poor soil fertility and nutrient availability are the …

The crop yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture

T De Ponti, B Rijk, MK Van Ittersum - Agricultural systems, 2012 - Elsevier
A key issue in the debate on the contribution of organic agriculture to the future of world
agriculture is whether organic agriculture can produce sufficient food to feed the world …

Systemic perspectives on scaling agricultural innovations. A review

S Wigboldus, L Klerkx, C Leeuwis, M Schut… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
Agricultural production involves the scaling of agricultural innovations such as disease-
resistant and drought-tolerant maize varieties, zero-tillage techniques, permaculture …