Nutrient balances are useful tools as indicators of potential land degradation and for
optimizing nutrient use, and are thus highly relevant in the African context. A comprehensive …

Operational use of the ecosystem service (ES) concept in conservation and planning
requires quantitative assessments based on accurate mapping of ESs. Our goal is to review …

We estimate the global anthropogenic phosphorus (P) loads to freshwater and the
associated grey water footprints (GWFs) for the period 2002–2010, at a spatial resolution of …

This is the first global assessment of nitrogen-related water pollution in river basins with a
specification of the pollution by economic sector, and by crop for the agricultural sector. At a …

Increased phosphorus (P) fertilizer use and livestock production has fundamentally altered
the global P cycle. We calculated spatially explicit P balances for cropland soils at 0.5° …

Crop production is the single largest cause of human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle.
We present a comprehensive assessment of global nitrogen flows in cropland for the year …

The aim of this study is to estimate the green, blue and grey water footprint of wheat in a
spatially-explicit way, both from a production and consumption perspective. The assessment …

Agriculture has had a tremendous impact on soil nutrients around the world. In some
regions, soil nutrients are depleted because of low initial soil fertility or excessive nutrient …

Ruminants have lower feed use efficiency than monogastric livestock, and produce higher
reactive nitrogen and methane emissions, but can utilize human-inedible biomass through …

National institutions and policies could provide powerful levers to steer the global food
system towards higher agricultural production and lower environmental impact. However …