Closing Yield Gaps: How Sustainable Can We Be?

Global food production needs to be increased by 60-110% between 2005 and 2050 to meet growing food and feed demand. Intensification and/or expansion of agriculture are the two main options available to meet the growing crop demands. Land conversion to expand cultivated land increases GHG emissions a...

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Main Authors: Prajal Pradhan, Günther Fischer, Harrij van Velthuizen, Dominik E Reusser, Juergen P Kropp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4470636?pdf=render