Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change – gives an overview of the impacts of climate change on growing environments and the challenges that agricultural production faces in coming years and decades. It explores the potential for crop wild relatives to contribute novel genetic resources to the bre...
Humans utilise about 40% of the earth's net primary production (NPP) but the products of this NPP are often managed by different sectors, with timber and forest products managed by the forestry sector and food and fibre products from croplands and grasslands managed by the agricultural sector. Ot...
Angelsen, A.
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Baur, H.
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Haskett, J.
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Kanninen, M.
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Lasco, R.D.
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Locatelli, Bruno
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Santoso, L.
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Smith, Pete
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Swallow, B.M.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.
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[Forests and climate change: a toolbox]
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Forests and climate change: a toolbox
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture reached an all-time high in 2014, and for the first time since 1960 may now outpace fossil fuel growth. The agriculture sector plays a key role in reducing global emissions to avoid dangerous levels of climate change. The short report highlights trends an...
Colombo, B.
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West P
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Smith, Pete
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Tubiello, F.N.
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Gerber J
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Engstrom P
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Urevig A
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[How Does Agriculture Change Our Climate?]
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How Does Agriculture Change Our Climate?
The world population is projected to increase to 9–10 billion by 2050, during which time it will be necessary to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change. The particular challenge this places on agriculture is to identify practices which ensure stable and productiv...
Bellarby, J.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Vetter, Sylvia H.
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Kassie, Menale
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Kanampiu F
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Sonder, Kai
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Smith, Pete
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Hillier, Jonathan
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[Identifying secure and low carbon food production practices: a case study in Kenya and Ethiopia]
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Identifying secure and low carbon food production practices: a case study in Kenya and Ethiopia
Bioenergy crops are often classified (and subsequently regulated) according to species that have been evaluated as environmentally beneficial or detrimental, but in practice, management decisions rather than species per se can determine the overall environmental impact of a bioenergy production s...
Davis, S.C.
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Boddey, Robert M.
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Alves, B.J.R.
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Cowie, A.L.
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George, B.H.
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Ogle, S.M.
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Smith, Pete
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Management swing potential for bioenergy crops]
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Management swing potential for bioenergy crops
The review by H. C. J. Godfray et al. (12 February, p. 812) and the rest of the special section on Food Security call for a multifaceted approach to future global food security. We would like to emphasize three agricultural issues that were lacking
Porter JR
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Ewert, Frank
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Falloon, P.
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Fischer T
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Gregory P
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Ittersum, Martin K. van
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Olesen, J.E.
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Moore KJ
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Rosenzweig, Cynthia
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Smith, Pete
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[Food security: focus on agriculture]
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Food security: focus on agriculture
Gottschalk, Pia
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Bellarby, J.
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Chenu, C
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Foereid, B
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Smith, Pete
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Wattenbach, M
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Zingore, Shamie
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Smith, J.
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[Simulation of soil organic carbon response at forest cultivation sequences using 13C measurements]
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Simulation of soil organic carbon response at forest cultivation sequences using 13C measurements
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 methodologies commonly underpin project-scale carbon accounting for changes in land use and management and are used in frameworks for Life Cycle Assessment and carbon footprinting of food and energy crops. These methodologies were intended f...
Smith, Pete
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Davies, C.A.
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Ogle, S.
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Zanchi, G.
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Bellarby, J.
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Bird, N.
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Boddey, Robert M.
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McNamara, N.P.
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Powlson, David S.
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Cowie, A.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Davis, S.C.
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Richter, D.D.B.
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Kryzanowski, L.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Stuart, J.
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Kirton, A.
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Eggar, D.
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Newton-Cross, G.
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Adhya, T.K.
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Braimoh, A.K.
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[Towards an integrated global framework to assess the impacts of land use and management change on soil carbon: Current capability and future vision]
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Towards an integrated global framework to assess the impacts of land use and management change on soil carbon: Current capability and future vision
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, including crop and livestock production, forestry and associated land use changes, are responsible for a significant fraction of anthropogenic emissions, up to 30% according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Yet while emissio...
Tubiello, F.N.
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Salvatore, M
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Rossi, S
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Ferrara, A.
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Fitton N
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Smith, Pete
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[The FAOSTAT database of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture]
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The FAOSTAT database of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture