Grain legume production and use in European agricultural systems

CA Watson, M Reckling, S Preissel, J Bachinger… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Integrated crop/livestock agriculture in the United States: A review

K Hilimire - Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
US agriculture has become increasingly specialized over the last century with attendant
benefits to food production and affordability. At the same time, specialized agricultural …

Integrated crop–livestock systems: Strategies to achieve synergy between agricultural production and environmental quality

G Lemaire, A Franzluebbers… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Historical dynamics in ecosystem service bundles

D Renard, JM Rhemtulla… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Managing multiple ecosystem services (ES), including addressing trade-offs between
services and preventing ecological surprises, is among the most pressing areas for …

Agronomic and environmental impacts of pasture–crop rotations in temperate North and South America

AJ Franzluebbers, J Sawchik, MA Taboada - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Agriculture has become increasingly specialized in response to political, regulatory,
sociological, and economic pressures to meet market demands of an ever-larger food and …

Grassland–cropping rotations: an avenue for agricultural diversification to reconcile high production with environmental quality

G Lemaire, F Gastal, A Franzluebbers… - Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
A need to increase agricultural production across the world to ensure continued food
security appears to be at odds with the urgency to reduce the negative environmental …

A sustainability-oriented design approach for agricultural machinery and its associated service ecosystem development

S Banerjee, RM Punekar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Agricultural machinery (AM) is an important input in the agricultural process. It, thus, has an
impact on achieving sustainable agriculture. This paper tackles the question of developing a …

Towards socially sustainable supply chains–themes and challenges

M Abbasi - European Business Review, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this article is to explore and classify the pattern of themes and
challenges in developing socially sustainable supply chains. Design/methodology/approach …

Technology, complexity and change in agricultural production systems

GF Sassenrath, P Heilman, E Luschei… - … Agriculture and Food …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Technological advances have contributed to impressive yield gains and have greatly altered
US agriculture. Selective breeding and directed molecular techniques address biological …

Ecological implications of plant secondary metabolites-phytochemical diversity can enhance agricultural sustainability

AK Clemensen, FD Provenza… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Conventional agriculture production, although proficient in feeding an expanding human
population, is having negative environmental impacts that are diminishing the sustainability …