Sustainable agri-food systems: environment, economy, society, and policy

H El Bilali, C Strassner, T Ben Hassen - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development.
Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the phosphorus budget of European agricultural soils

P Panagos, J Köningner, C Ballabio, L Liakos… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite phosphorus (P) being crucial for plant nutrition and thus food security, excessive P
fertilization harms soil and aquatic ecosystems. Accordingly, the European Green Deal and …

[HTML][HTML] Resha** the European agro-food system and closing its nitrogen cycle: The potential of combining dietary change, agroecology, and circularity

G Billen, E Aguilera, R Einarsson, J Garnier, S Gingrich… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Summary After World War II, the evolution of Europe's agro-food system has been marked by
intensified use of synthetic fertilizers, territorial specialization, and integration in global food …

Half of global agricultural soil phosphorus fertility derived from anthropogenic sources

J Demay, B Ringeval, S Pellerin, T Nesme - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
The use of mineral phosphorus (P) fertilizers, often referred to as anthropogenic
phosphorus, has dramatically altered the global phosphorus cycle and increased soil …

Global agricultural trade and land system sustainability: Implications for ecosystem carbon storage, biodiversity, and human nutrition

T Kastner, A Chaudhary, S Gingrich, A Marques… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Global land systems are increasingly shaped by international trade of agricultural products.
An increasing number of studies have quantified the implications of agricultural trade for …

Food system resilience to phosphorus shortages on a telecoupled planet

P Barbieri, GK MacDonald… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Agricultural trade and globalization pose new challenges for resource management and
governance. In particular, many countries are dependent on imports of non-renewable …

More efficient phosphorus use can avoid cropland expansion

JM Mogollón, AF Bouwman, AHW Beusen, L Lassaletta… - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Global projections indicate that approximately 500 Mha of new arable land will be required
to meet crop demand by 2050. Applying a dynamic phosphorus (P) pool simulator under …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the phosphorus demand in European agricultural soils based on the Olsen method

R Recena, AM García-López, JM Quintero… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Overcoming the consequences of future scarcity of P is crucial to ensure agriculture
sustainability. This requires decision-making processes depending on data on the P status …

Ecological impacts and limits of biomass use: a critical review

O Arodudu, B Holmatov, A Voinov - Clean Technologies and …, 2020 - Springer
Conventional biomass sources have been widely exploited for several end uses (mostly
food, feed, fuel and chemicals). More unconventional sources are continually being sought …

Assessing the phosphorus cycle in European agricultural soils: Looking beyond current national phosphorus budgets

A Muntwyler, P Panagos, S Pfister, E Lugato - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for all crops, yet its excess negatively affects public
health, the environment, and the economy. At the same time, rock P is a critical raw material …