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Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2017.
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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 :
- Science
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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