Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and
energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an …

The coming 10–20 years will be most critical for making the transition to a global food
system in which mineral nutrients in agriculture must be managed in a more holistic manner …

Globalization intensifies the demand for agricultural products from specific regions, resulting
in intensive farming practices that can exacerbate local cropland soil phosphorus (P) …

Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can
reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels. Since the publication of the …

Crop production is the single largest cause of human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle.
We present a comprehensive assessment of global nitrogen flows in cropland for the year …

The alteration of the global nitrogen (N) cycle is creating severe environmental impacts. This
paper analyses the increasing importance of the international trade of food and feed in the …

Agricultural trade and globalization pose new challenges for resource management and
governance. In particular, many countries are dependent on imports of non-renewable …

The global phosphorus cycle has been transformed in recent decades through increased
use of mineral phosphorus fertilizer in agriculture and losses to water bodies, leading to …

Soils play a critical role in the production of food and feed for a growing global population.
Here, we review global patterns in soil characteristics, agricultural production and the fate of …

Increasing the inputs of nutrients has played a major role in increasing the supply of food to
a continually growing world population. However, focusing attention on the most important …