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Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture

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
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.34624c9a01414d7bb2a72119f6d1d0db
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01410-w