Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture
Organic agriculture requires fewer inputs but produces lower yields than conventional farming. Here, via a modeling approach, Muller et al. predict that if food waste and meat consumption are reduced, organic agriculture could feed the world without requiring cropland expansion.
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Adrian Muller,
Christian Schader,
Nadia El-Hage Scialabba,
Judith Brüggemann,
Anne Isensee,
Karl-Heinz Erb,
Pete Smith,
Peter Klocke,
Florian Leiber,
Matthias Stolze,
Urs Niggli |
Format: | Article
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Language: | English |
Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2017-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01410-w
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