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 …

The adoption of conservation agriculture by smallholder farmers in southern Africa: A scoping review of barriers and enablers

M Lee, J Gambiza - Journal of Rural Studies, 2022 - Elsevier
The Anthropocene has brought with it many challenges, the primary of which are climate
change and food security. The growing global population increasingly demands more from a …

[HTML][HTML] Regenerative agriculture—agroecology without politics?

P Tittonell, V El Mujtar, G Felix, Y Kebede… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Agroecology and regenerative agriculture have plenty in common: soil and ecosystem
restoration, reliance on biological interactions and ecosystem services, integration of …

The impact of climate change on the productivity of conservation agriculture

Y Su, B Gabrielle, D Makowski - Nature Climate Change, 2021 - nature.com
Conservation agriculture (CA) is being promoted as a set of management practices that can
sustain crop production while providing positive environmental benefits. However, its impact …

Role of organic and conservation agriculture in ammonia emissions and crop productivity in China

P Xu, G Li, BZ Houlton, L Ma, D Ai, L Zhu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
There is an increasing food demand with growing population and limited land for agriculture.
Conventional agriculture with nitrogen (N) fertilizer applications, however, is a key source of …

Net effects of conservation agriculture principles on sustainable land use: A synthesis

L Xiao, NJ Kuhn, R Zhao, L Cao - Global Change Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the strong recommendations from scientists, to till or not to till remains a confusing
question for many farmers around the world due to the worries of crop yield decline and …

[HTML][HTML] Upscaling tropical restoration to deliver environmental benefits and socially equitable outcomes

DP Edwards, GR Cerullo, S Chomba, TA Worthington… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Summary The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration offers immense potential to return
hundreds of millions of hectares of degraded tropical landscapes to functioning ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of the adoption of agricultural technology in Sub-Saharan Africa

A Arslan, K Floress, C Lamanna, L Lipper… - PLOS Sustainability …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Both global poverty and hunger have increased in recent years, endangering progress
towards accomplishing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 2. The regression …

Do soil conservation practices exceed their relevance as a countermeasure to greenhouse gases emissions and increase crop productivity in agriculture?

A Shakoor, AA Dar, MS Arif, TH Farooq… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, agriculture sector is the significant source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions
into the atmosphere. To achieve the goal of limiting or mitigating these emissions, a rigorous …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia

KH Anantha, KK Garg, J Barron, S Dixit… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
CONTEXT A host of best water and soil management practices (BMPs) hold promise in
addressing water scarcity and land degradation to enable sustainable crop intensification in …