Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture
By J. Pretty, Z. Bharucha. 2018
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Pretty and Bharucha present pathways to sustainable agroecosystems, arguing that agriculture will have to be intensified but this can be achieved without environmental and social harm. In other words, sustainable intensification is possible and the book seeks to outline means for achieving this, drawing on case studies, with a particular focus on smallholders in the developing world. It provides an authoritative and well-argued case for sustainable intensification.
Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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- Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability (2016, methodology): “There is a well-documented debate (Garnett and Godfray 2012; Kuyper and Struik 2014) on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA) (Garnett et al. 2013; Godfray and Garnett 2014; Struik et al. 2014), its evolution (Kuyper and Struik 2014; Struik et al.”
- Biological control using invertebrates and microorganisms: plenty of new opportunities (2018, background): “…et al. 2014; UN 2017), and misleading in that it minimizes the importance of a well-functioning biosphere and high biodiversity for the long-term sustainable production of healthy food for a growing human population (De Vivo et al. 2016; Erisman et al. 2016; IPES- Food 2016; Tillman et al. 2012).”
- High-Throughput Field-Phenotyping Tools for Plant Breeding and Precision Agriculture (2019, background): “Sustainable intensification in agriculture allows reaching maximum yield potential by bred cultivars and more precise crop management to minimize the use of fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation [16].”
- Sustainable intensification in agriculture: the richer shade of green. A review (2017, background): “Pretty (1997) coined the term sustainable intensification first to describe the need for increases in yield (output per unit area of land) while also benefitting the environment and the economy in sub-Saharan Africa, an area with large yield gaps.”
- Sustainable intensification of aquaculture value chains between Asia and Europe: A framework for understanding impacts and challenges (2017, background): “The concept of sustainable intensification (SI) has its roots in African smallholder agriculture (e.g. Pretty, 1997) but came to the fore with the food price hikes of 2008.”
- The Global Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus (2018, background): “In light of the environmental impacts of conventional intensification, some scientists are advocating for an approach to food security that relies on a “sustainable intensification” of agriculture (Figure 25), which aims to close the yield gap while minimizing the environmental impacts (Erb et al., ”
- Beyond the agroecological and sustainable agricultural intensification debate: Is blended sustainability the way forward? (2018, background): “, 2011), alley cropping (Pretty, 1997; Raintree, 1986) and IPM (Pretty, 1997; Pretty et al., 2011; Reardon et al., 1999)”
- Between aspirations and reality: Making farming, food systems and rural areas more resilient, sustainable and equitable (2017, background): “S umane et al. (2017) emphasise that access to appropriate knowledge for innovation played an important role in all case studies.”
- Prospects for Agricultural Sustainable Intensification: A Review of Research (2019, methodology): “At the same time, the method of protecting the environment has recei ed more and mor attenti n in the field of i er ational agricultural development [37,38].”
- Transition heuristic frameworks in research on agro-food sustainability transitions (2020, background): “Nevertheless, the agro-food system—which lies at the centre of a global nexus of environmental, social and economic problems—is in need of a genuine sustainability transition as humanity faces the grand challenge of achieving sustainable food security in the face of climate change, population growth”