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Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices

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  • David Tilman

    (Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul)

  • Kenneth G. Cassman

    (University of Nebraska)

  • Pamela A. Matson

    (Stanford University
    Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University)

  • Rosamond Naylor

    (Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University)

  • Stephen Polasky

    (University of Minnesota, St Paul)

Abstract

A doubling in global food demand projected for the next 50 years poses huge challenges for the sustainability both of food production and of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and the services they provide to society. Agriculturalists are the principal managers of global useable lands and will shape, perhaps irreversibly, the surface of the Earth in the coming decades. New incentives and policies for ensuring the sustainability of agriculture and ecosystem services will be crucial if we are to meet the demands of improving yields without compromising environmental integrity or public health.

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  • David Tilman & Kenneth G. Cassman & Pamela A. Matson & Rosamond Naylor & Stephen Polasky, 2002. "Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices," Nature, Nature, vol. 418(6898), pages 671-677, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:418:y:2002:i:6898:d:10.1038_nature01014
    DOI: 10.1038/nature01014
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