Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening …

Virtual water describes water embedded in the production of goods and offers meaningful
insights about the complex interplay between water, trade and sustainability. In this Review …

Yield gaps, here defined as the difference between actual and attainable yields, provide a
framework for assessing opportunities to increase agricultural productivity. Previous global …

To what extent do extractive and industrial development pressures affect Indigenous
Peoples' lifeways, lands, and rights globally? We analyze 3081 environmental conflicts over …

In Africa, local foods produced from local food crops have social, economic, cultural,
religious, moral, spiritual, symbolic, ethical, environmental, psychological, physiological …

Extreme events, such as those caused by climate change, economic or geopolitical shocks,
and pest or disease epidemics, threaten global food security. The complexity of causation …

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 …

In 2010, we formed the Land Deal Politics Initiative to study the rising number of large-scale
land deals taking place around the world. We organised small grant competitions and …

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 …

The ongoing agrarian transition from smallholder farming to large-scale commercial
agriculture promoted by transnational large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) often aims to …