Natural resource degradation tendencies in Ethiopia: a review

SB Wassie - Environmental systems research, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Ethiopia is gifted with abundant natural resources of adequate landmass, fertile
soil, favorable climate, water, wildlife, and others. Many of its resources are not properly …

Sustainable agricultural practices for food security and ecosystem services

A Rehman, M Farooq, DJ Lee… - Environmental Science and …, 2022‏ - Springer
The notion of food security is a global phenomenon that im**es on every human. Efforts to
increase productivity and yields have historically degraded the environment and reduced …

Urbanization can benefit agricultural production with large-scale farming in China

S Wang, X Bai, X Zhang, S Reis, D Chen, J Xu, B Gu - Nature Food, 2021‏ - nature.com
Urbanization has often been considered a threat to food security since it is likely to reduce
the availability of croplands. Using spatial statistics and scenario analysis, we show that an …

A global perspective on sustainable intensification research

KG Cassman, P Grassini - Nature Sustainability, 2020‏ - nature.com
Despite general agreement that meeting food demand without further loss of natural
ecosystems requires sustainable intensification, there is little dialogue about the research …

Nano-enabled strategies to enhance crop nutrition and protection

M Kah, N Tufenkji, JC White - Nature nanotechnology, 2019‏ - nature.com
Various nano-enabled strategies are proposed to improve crop production and meet the
growing global demands for food, feed and fuel while practising sustainable agriculture …

Climate and agronomy, not genetics, underpin recent maize yield gains in favorable environments

G Rizzo, JP Monzon, FA Tenorio, R Howard… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - pnas.org
Quantitative understanding of factors driving yield increases of major food crops is essential
for effective prioritization of research and development. Yet previous estimates had …

Global spatially explicit yield gap time trends reveal regions at risk of future crop yield stagnation

JS Gerber, DK Ray, D Makowski, EE Butler, ND Mueller… - Nature Food, 2024‏ - nature.com
Yield gaps, here defined as the difference between actual and attainable yields, provide a
framework for assessing opportunities to increase agricultural productivity. Previous global …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of nitrogen emissions on ecosystems and human health: A mini review

W De Vries - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Increased inputs of reactive nitrogen (N) by fertiliser production cause adverse effects on
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems as well as human health, through impacts on air, soil and …

Trends in global agricultural land use: implications for environmental health and food security

N Ramankutty, Z Mehrabi, K Waha… - Annual review of …, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
The eighteenth-century Malthusian prediction of population growth outstrip** food
production has not yet come to bear. Unprecedented agricultural land expansions since …

Effects of salicylic acid, zinc and glycine betaine on morpho-physiological growth and yield of maize under drought stress

R Shemi, R Wang, ESMS Gheith, HA Hussain… - Scientific Reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Drought is one of the major environmental stresses that negatively affect the maize (Zea
mays L.) growth and production throughout the world. Foliar applications of plant growth …