Where are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food system (including the food chain)?

T Garnett - Food policy, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper reviews estimates of food related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the global,
regional and national levels, highlighting both GHG-intensive stages in the food chain, and …

Energy and the food system

J Woods, A Williams, JK Hughes… - … transactions of the …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Modern agriculture is heavily dependent on fossil resources. Both direct energy use for crop
management and indirect energy use for fertilizers, pesticides and machinery production …

Doubling food production to feed the 9 billion: a critical perspective on a key discourse of food security in the UK

I Tomlinson - Journal of rural studies, 2013 - Elsevier
Within the emergent international policy arena of 'food security', the imperative to double
global food production by 2050 has become ubiquitous. This statistic, as well as a revised …

Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: food and agriculture

S Friel, AD Dangour, T Garnett, K Lock, Z Chalabi… - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Agricultural food production and agriculturally-related change in land use substantially
contribute to greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide. Four-fifths of agricultural emissions …

Synergies between the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change in agriculture

P Smith, JE Olesen - The Journal of Agricultural Science, 2010 - cambridge.org
There is a very significant, cost effective greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential in
agriculture. The annual mitigation potential in agriculture is estimated to be 4200, 2600 and …

Low carbon agriculture: Objectives and policy pathways

D Norse - Environmental Development, 2012 - Elsevier
The threat of long-term climate change has driven a number of international and national
bodies to call for a re-direction of development pathways so that they are more resource …

Develo** greenhouse gas marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural emissions from crops and soils in the UK

M MacLeod, D Moran, V Eory, RM Rees, A Barnes… - Agricultural …, 2010 - Elsevier
Emissions of greenhouse gases from agriculture are likely to come under increasing scrutiny
as governments around the world develop proposals for large cuts in greenhouse gas …

The future role of natural gas in the UK: A bridge to nowhere?

C McGlade, S Pye, P Ekins, M Bradshaw, J Watson - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The UK has ambitious, statutory long-term climate targets that will require deep
decarbonisation of its energy system. One key question facing policymakers is the role of …

A review on cost-effectiveness analysis of agri-environmental measures related to the EU WFD: Key issues, methods, and applications

BB Balana, A Vinten, B Slee - Ecological Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) explicitly integrates economics into water
management and water policy in Europe. Specifically, Article 11 and Annex III of the …

[PDF][PDF] An assessment of the benefits and issues associated with the application of biochar to soil

S Shackley, S Sohi, P Brownsort, S Carter… - … for Environment, Food …, 2010 - Citeseer
Biochar is the porous carbonaceous solid produced by thermochemical conversion of
organic materials in an oxygen depleted atmosphere which has physiochemical properties …