Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) can be productive, sustainable, and climate-
resilient agricultural systems compared to specialized and intensive systems. This review …

There is a great demand for high-protein materials for livestock feed in Europe and
European agriculture has a deficit of about 70% high-protein materials of which 87% is met …

Most cropland in the United States is characterized by large monocultures, whose
productivity is maintained through a strong reliance on costly tillage, external fertilizers, and …

Today's food and farming systems have succeeded in supplying large volumes of foods to
global markets, but are generating negative outcomes on multiple fronts: widespread …

A need to increase agricultural production across the world for food security appears to be at
odds with the urgency to reduce agriculture's negative environmental impacts. We suggest …

Globally, industrial agriculture threatens critical ecosystem processes on which crop
production depends, while 815 million people are undernourished and many more suffer …

The C sequestration capacity of grassland soils depends on both the net primary production
of the ecosystem that determines the C flows from atmosphere to vegetation and soil, and on …

One of the grand challenges facing society today is how to feed a growing global population
while at the same time minimizing the impact on the environment. Recent initiatives by the …

Mixed crop–livestock systems are the backbone of African agriculture, providing food
security and livelihood options for hundreds of millions of people. Much is known about the …

Diversified farming systems are proposed as a major mechanism to address the many
sustainability issues of today's agriculture. Multi-species livestock farming, ie keeping two or …