Search Results - "van Ittersum, Martin"
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Sustainable development goal 2: Improved targets and indicators for agriculture and food security
Published in Ambio (01-07-2019)“…The pursuit of global food security and agricultural sustainability, the dual aim of the second sustainable development goal (SDG-2), requires urgent and…”
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Intensifying rice production to reduce imports and land conversion in Africa
Published in Nature communications (27-01-2024)“…Africa produces around 60% of the rice the continent consumes, relying heavily on rice imports to fulfill the rest of the domestic demand. Over the past 10…”
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Scale changes and model linking methods for integrated assessment of agri-environmental systems
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-07-2011)“…[Display omitted] ► Analysis of scale changes and model linking methods in integrated assessment based on a classification of scaling methods and two case…”
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Saving land to feed a growing population: consequences for consumption of crop and livestock products
Published in The international journal of life cycle assessment (01-05-2016)“…PURPOSE: The expected increase in demand for food raises concerns about the expansion of agricultural land worldwide. To avoid expansion, we need to focus on…”
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Residual soil phosphorus as the missing piece in the global phosphorus crisis puzzle
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (17-04-2012)“…Phosphorus (P) is a finite and dwindling resource. Debate focuses on current production and use of phosphate rock rather than on the amounts of P required in…”
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Interventions to increase circularity and reduce environmental impacts in food systems
Published in Ambio (01-03-2024)“…Applying specific circularity interventions to the food system may have environmental benefits. Using an iterative linear food system optimisation model…”
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Water productivity of rainfed maize and wheat: A local to global perspective
Published in Agricultural and forest meteorology (15-09-2018)“…[Display omitted] •Rainfed maize and wheat water productivity (WP) was assessed at local to regional scale.•Water-limited potential WP varied across regions…”
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Participatory assessment of critical thresholds for resilient and sustainable European farming systems
Published in Journal of rural studies (01-12-2021)“…Farming systems in Europe are experiencing multiple stresses and shocks that may push systems beyond critical thresholds after which system change is expected…”
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Daily bias-corrected weather data and daily simulated growth data of maize, millet, sorghum, and wheat in the changing climate of sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Data in brief (01-06-2024)“…Crop models are the primary means by which agricultural scientists assess climate change impacts on crop production. Site-based and high-quality weather and…”
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Integrated Assessment of the EU’s Greening Reform and Feed Self-Sufficiency Scenarios on Dairy Farms in Piemonte, Italy
Published in Agriculture (Basel) (01-09-2018)“…Specialised dairy farms are challenged to be competitive and yet respect environmental constrains. A tighter integration of cropping and livestock systems,…”
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Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (27-12-2016)“…Although global food demand is expected to increase 60% by 2050 compared with 2005/2007, the rise will be much greater in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Indeed, SSA…”
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Participatory assessment of sustainability and resilience of three specialized farming systems
Published in Ecology and society (01-06-2021)“…There is a need for participatory methods that simultaneously assess agricultural sustainability and resilience at farming system level, as resilience is…”
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Global wheat production could benefit from closing the genetic yield gap
Published in Nature food (01-07-2022)“…Global food security requires food production to be increased in the coming decades. The closure of any existing genetic yield gap (Y ) by genetic improvement…”
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Rooting for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Environmental research letters (01-11-2017)“…There is a persistent narrative about the potential of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to be a 'grain breadbasket' because of large gaps between current low yields…”
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Climate change impact and adaptation of rainfed cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa
Published in European journal of agronomy (01-04-2024)“…Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) demand for cereals is projected to more than double by 2050. Climate change is generally assumed to add to the future challenges of…”
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Grain legume production in Europe for food, feed and meat-substitution
Published in Global food security (01-12-2023)“…Partial shifts from animal-based to plant-based proteins in human diets could reduce environmental pressure from food systems and serve human health. Grain…”
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Beyond the plot: technology extrapolation domains for scaling out agronomic science
Published in Environmental research letters (01-01-2018)“…Ensuring an adequate food supply in systems that protect environmental quality and conserve natural resources requires productive and resource-efficient…”
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Resource use efficiency and environmental performance of nine major biofuel crops, processed by first-generation conversion techniques
Published in Biomass & bioenergy (01-05-2010)“…We compared the production–ecological sustainability of biofuel production from several major crops that are also commonly used for production of food or feed,…”
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Climate change impact and adaptation research requires integrated assessment and farming systems analysis: a case study in the Netherlands
Published in Environmental research letters (01-04-2015)“…Rather than on crop modelling only, climate change impact assessments in agriculture need to be based on integrated assessment and farming systems analysis,…”
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Scenarios of long-term farm structural change for application in climate change impact assessment
Published in Landscape ecology (01-04-2012)“…Towards 2050, climate change is one of the possible drivers that will change the farming landscape, but market, policy and technological development may be at…”
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