To face future challenges in crop production dictated by global climate changes, breeders
and plant researchers collaborate to develop productive crops that are able to withstand a …

In the 21st century, climate changes, water scarcity, increasing world population, rising food
prices, and other socioeconomic impacts are expected to generate a great threat to …

With rising demand for biomass, cropland expansion and intensification represent the main
strategies to boost agricultural production, but are also major drivers of biodiversity decline …

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

Population growth, an increasing proportion of animal-based food consumption, shortage of
water and land resources, and impacts of climate change all make the situation of world food …

Stabilizing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from croplands as agricultural demand grows
is a critical component of climate change mitigation,,. Emissions intensity metrics—including …

China produces 28% of global rice supply and is currently self-sufficient despite a massive
rural-to-urban demographic transition that drives intense competition for land and water …

Aquatic foods are increasingly being recognized as having an important role to play in an
environmentally sustainable and nutritionally sufficient food system. Proposals for increasing …

Both supply and demand side changes are necessary to achieve a sustainable food system.
However, the weight accorded to these depends on one's view of what the priority goals are …

Organic agriculture is widely accepted as a strategy to reduce the environmental impacts of
food production and help achieve global climate and biodiversity targets. However, studies …