Organic agriculture is often proposed as a more sustainable alternative to current
conventional agriculture. We assess the current understanding of the costs and benefits of …

The forecasted 9.1 billion population in 2050 will require an increase in food production for
an additional two billion people. There is thus an active debate on new farming practices …

Producing enough food to meet the needs of a growing population has always been the
greatest concern of food policy-makers around the world. Given the increasing attention to …

Common agricultural practices such as excessive use of agro-chemicals, deep tillage and
luxury irrigation have degraded soils, polluted water resources and contaminated the …

In this review, we present the recent developments and future prospects of improving
nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in crops using various complementary approaches. These …

Various organic technologies have been utilized for about 6,000 years to make agriculture
sustainable while at the same time conserving soil, water, energy and biological resources …

Crop residues are of crucial importance to maintain or even increase soil carbon stocks and
fertility, and thereby to address the global challenge of climate change mitigation. However …

Current conventional agriculture is considered unsustainable and inadequate to address
great societal challenges such as climate change, environmental pollution, food security …

Purpose–This paper aims to perform a meta‐analysis of the literature comparing the
environmental impacts of organic and conventional farming and linking these to differences …

Sustainable development of agriculture is at the core of agricultural policy debates in
Europe. There is a consensus that diversification of cropping would support sustainable …