Digital innovations for sustainable and resilient agricultural systems

R Finger - European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Digitalisation is rapidly transforming the agri-food sector. This paper investigates emerging
opportunities, challenges and policy options. We show that digital innovations can contribute …

Anatomy and resilience of the global production ecosystem

M Nyström, JB Jouffray, AV Norström, B Crona… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
Much of the Earth's biosphere has been appropriated for the production of harvestable
biomass in the form of food, fuel and fibre. Here we show that the simplification and …

Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity

PH Raven, DL Wagner - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
Major declines in insect biomass and diversity, reviewed here, have become obvious and
well documented since the end of World War II. Here, we conclude that the spread and …

Cultured meat: promises and challenges

N Treich - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2021‏ - Springer
Cultured meat involves producing meat from animal cells, not from slaughtered animals.
This innovation has the potential to revolutionize the meat industry, with wide implications for …

Grasslands—more important for ecosystem services than you might think

J Bengtsson, JM Bullock, B Egoh, C Everson… - …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Extensively managed grasslands are recognized globally for their high biodiversity and their
social and cultural values. However, their capacity to deliver multiple ecosystem services …

Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges

G Pe'er, A Bonn, H Bruelheide, P Dieker… - People and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Making agriculture sustainable is a global challenge. In the European Union (EU), the
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is failing with respect to biodiversity, climate, soil, land …

Effects of management practices on the ecosystem-service multifunctionality of temperate grasslands

FJ Richter, M Suter, A Lüscher, N Buchmann… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Human wellbeing depends on ecosystem services, highlighting the need for improving the
ecosystem-service multifunctionality of food and feed production systems. We study Swiss …

How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts

G Pe'Er, JA Finn, M Díaz, M Birkenstock… - Conservation …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has not halted farmland
biodiversity loss. The CAP post‐2023 has a new ''Green Architecture,''including the new …

Infectious diseases and meat production

R Espinosa, D Tago, N Treich - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020‏ - Springer
Most infectious diseases in humans originate from animals. In this paper, we explore the role
of animal farming and meat consumption in the emergence and amplification of infectious …

Increasing crop heterogeneity enhances multitrophic diversity across agricultural regions

C Sirami, N Gross, AB Baillod, C Bertrand… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - pnas.org
Agricultural landscape homogenization has detrimental effects on biodiversity and key
ecosystem services. Increasing agricultural landscape heterogeneity by increasing …