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Solutions for a cultivated planet [1]

Increasing population and consumption are placing unprecedented demands on agriculture and natural resources. Today, approximately a billion people are chronically malnourished while our agricultural systems are concurrently degrading land, water, biodiversity and climate on a global scale. To meet the world’s future food security and sustainability needs, food production must grow substantially while, at the same time, agriculture’s environmental footprint must shrink dramatically.

Publication Date: 
20/10/2011
Jonathan A. Foley [2], Navin Ramankutty [3], Kate A. Brauman & et al [4]
Nature [5]
478
337–342
Tags:
Agriculture [6], Irrigation [7], Population [8], Water Demand [9], Food Security [10], India [11], China [12], United States Of America (US) [13], Europe [14], Nutrition [15], Animal Feed [16], Biofuel [17], Agricultural Research [18], Genetic Engineering [19], Organic Farming [20], Land Use [21], Deforestation [22]

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