Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and
energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an …

In the political discussion, the promotion of local food systems and short supply chains is
sometimes presented as a means to increase the resilience of the food system, eg in the …

The Paris Agreement's goal of limiting the increase in global temperature to 1.5° or 2° C
above preindustrial levels requires rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Although …

The current food system (production, transport, processing, packaging, storage, retail,
consumption, loss and waste) feeds the great majority of world population and supports the …

Although global food demand is expected to increase 60% by 2050 compared with
2005/2007, the rise will be much greater in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Indeed, SSA is the …

With rising demand for biomass, cropland expansion and intensification represent the main
strategies to boost agricultural production, but are also major drivers of biodiversity decline …

Advanced biofuels are among the available options to decarbonise transport in the short to
medium term especially for aviation, marine and heavy-duty vehicles that lack immediate …

The demand for nitrogen (N) for crop production increased rapidly from the middle of the
twentieth century and is predicted to at least double by 2050 to satisfy the on-going …

How much and what we eat and where it is produced can create huge differences in GHG
emissions. On the basis of detailed household-expenditure data, we evaluate the unequal …

In current plant disease control, the divergence from chemical pesticide use has been fueled
by the public concern about toxicity and environmental impact of these products, the …