Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening …

Food system transformations that are driven by climate change and urbanization have
important implications for the food retail landscape of urban sub-Saharan Africa. Urban …

To what extent do extractive and industrial development pressures affect Indigenous
Peoples' lifeways, lands, and rights globally? We analyze 3081 environmental conflicts over …

Extreme events, such as those caused by climate change, economic or geopolitical shocks,
and pest or disease epidemics, threaten global food security. The complexity of causation …

Global land systems are increasingly shaped by international trade of agricultural products.
An increasing number of studies have quantified the implications of agricultural trade for …

The recent phenomenon of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) is associated with what
has been described as a global agrarian transition. New forms of land exploitation and …

The ongoing agrarian transition from smallholder farming to large-scale commercial
agriculture promoted by transnational large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) often aims to …

Land inequality stalls economic development, entrenches poverty, and is associated with
environmental degradation. Yet, rigorous assessments of land-use interventions attend to …

Global projections indicate that approximately 500 Mha of new arable land will be required
to meet crop demand by 2050. Applying a dynamic phosphorus (P) pool simulator under …

Yield gaps, here defined as the difference between actual and attainable yields, provide a
framework for assessing opportunities to increase agricultural productivity. Previous global …