Global food demand is increasing rapidly, as are the environmental impacts of agricultural expansion. Here, we project global demand for crop production in 2050 and evaluate the environmental impacts of alternative ways that this demand might be met. We find that per capita demand for crops, when measured as caloric or protein content of all crops combined, has been a similarly increasing funct...

Sustainable intensification (SI) is a multifaceted concept incorporating the ambition to increase or maintain the current level of agricultural yields while reduce negative ecological and environmental impacts. Decision-support systems (DSS) that use integrated analytical methods are often used to support decision making processes in agriculture. However, DSS often consist of set of values, obj...

Sustainable intensification of cultivated pastures using multiple herbivore species James P Muir, William D Pitman, Jamie L Foster & José C Dubeux Jr a Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Stephenville, TX, USA b Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Hill Farm Station, Homer, LA, USA c Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Corpus Cristi, Beeville, TX, USA d North Florida Research and Education Center,...

it is a challenge for a farmer with limited resources to decide on the production of commodities and investment in the farm. transformation of smallholder subsistence agriculture, to market oriented value addition based agriculture is vital for poverty reduction in ethiopia. this study was initiated to explore the factors which contribute for the adoption of improved wheat and pepper varieties ...