The socio-economic performance of agroecology. A review

I Mouratiadou, A Wezel, K Kamilia, A Marchetti… - Agronomy for …, 2024‏ - Springer
Agroecology is identified as an important solution to increase the sustainability of
agricultural and food systems. Despite the increasing number of publications assessing the …

Intensification for redesigned and sustainable agricultural systems

J Pretty - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND The mid-20th century brought agricultural transformation and the “Green
Revolution.” New crop varieties and livestock breeds—combined with increased use of …

Global assessment of agricultural system redesign for sustainable intensification

J Pretty, TG Benton, ZP Bharucha, LV Dicks… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
The sustainable intensification of agricultural systems offers synergistic opportunities for the
co-production of agricultural and natural capital outcomes. Efficiency and substitution are …

Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability

J Rockström, J Williams, G Daily, A Noble, N Matthews… - Ambio, 2017‏ - Springer
There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture
(SIA). In this paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be …

Effect of dietary sources of calcium and protein on hip fractures and falls in older adults in residential care: cluster randomised controlled trial

S Iuliano, S Poon, J Robbins, M Bui, X Wang… - bmj, 2021‏ - bmj.com
Objective To assess the antifracture efficacy and safety of a nutritional intervention in
institutionalised older adults replete in vitamin D but with mean intakes of 600 mg/day …

Farming approaches for greater biodiversity, livelihoods, and food security

LA Garibaldi, B Gemmill-Herren, R D'Annolfo… - Trends in ecology & …, 2017‏ - cell.com
Scientists and policy-makers globally are calling for alternative approaches to conventional
intensification of agriculture that enhance ecosystem services provided by biodiversity. The …

Organic farming and small-scale farmers: Main opportunities and challenges

Z Jouzi, H Azadi, F Taheri, K Zarafshani… - Ecological …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Producing enough food to meet the needs of a growing population has always been the
greatest concern of food policy-makers around the world. Given the increasing attention to …

Multi-country evidence that crop diversification promotes ecological intensification of agriculture

GM Gurr, Z Lu, X Zheng, H Xu, P Zhu, G Chen, X Yao… - Nature plants, 2016‏ - nature.com
Global food security requires increased crop productivity to meet escalating demand 1–3.
Current food production systems are heavily dependent on synthetic inputs that threaten the …

Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development

DR Kanter, M Musumba, SLR Wood, C Palm, J Antle… - Agricultural …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
A vibrant, resilient and productive agricultural sector is fundamental to achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals. Bringing about such a transformation requires optimizing a …

Reframing the land‐sparing/land‐sharing debate for biodiversity conservation

C Kremen - Annals of the new York Academy of Sciences, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Conservation biologists are devoting an increasing amount of energy to debating whether
land sparing (high‐yielding agriculture on a small land footprint) or land sharing (low …