Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices

David Tilman; Kenneth G Cassman; Pamela A Matson; Rosamond Naylor; Stephen Polasky

doi:10.1038/nature01014

Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices

Nature. 2002 Aug 8;418(6898):671-7. doi: 10.1038/nature01014.

Authors

David Tilman¹, Kenneth G Cassman, Pamela A Matson, Rosamond Naylor, Stephen Polasky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA. tilman@umn.edu

PMID: 12167873
DOI: 10.1038/nature01014

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 usable 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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Agriculture / methods*
Agriculture / trends*
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Conservation of Natural Resources / methods*
Conservation of Natural Resources / trends*
Ecosystem
Food Supply*
Pest Control
Population Growth
Soil / standards
Water / metabolism

Substances

Soil
Water

Abstract

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MeSH terms

Substances

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