Studies of circular economy and innovation have received increasing attention in academic
literature in the last quadrennium. They fill a managerial gap on how to operationalise the …

Climate change is expected to affect crop production worldwide, particularly in rain-fed
agricultural regions. It is still unknown how irrigation water needs will change in a warmer …

Abstract In rural sub-Saharan Africa–the global poverty hotspot–the vast majority of cropland
is rainfed only, resulting in reduced and unstable yields. Smallholder farmers account for …

Responses of global crop yields to warmer temperatures are fundamental to sustainable
development under climate change but remain uncertain. Here, we combined a global …

To improve water use efficiency and productivity, particularly in irrigated areas, reliable
water accounting methodologies are essential, as they provide information on the status and …

Providing affordable and nutritious food to a growing and increasingly affluent global
population requires multifaceted approaches to target supply and demand aspects. On the …

Irrigation is a land management practice with major environmental impacts. However, global
energy consumption and carbon emissions resulting from irrigation remain unknown. We …

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

Rain-fed agricultural systems, which solely depend on green water (ie soil moisture from
rainfall), sustain∼ 60% of global food production and are particularly vulnerable to vagaries …

The ongoing agrarian transition from small-holder farming to large-scale commercial
agriculture is reshaping systems of production and human well-being in many regions. A …