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Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates Open
Significance Agricultural production is vulnerable to climate change. Understanding climate change, especially the temperature impacts, is critical if policymakers, agriculturalists, and crop breeders are to ensure global food security. Ou…
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The UN Decade of Nutrition, the NOVA food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing Open
Given evident multiple threats to food systems and supplies, food security, human health and welfare, the living and physical world and the biosphere, the years 2016–2025 are now designated by the UN as the Decade of Nutrition, in support …
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Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being Open
Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values, as well as the maintenance of wider biodiversity and ecosyst…
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Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management Open
Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop quality have threatened both food security and human hea…
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Chemical Pesticides and Human Health: The Urgent Need for a New Concept in Agriculture Open
The industrialization of the agricultural sector has increased the chemical burden on natural ecosystems. Pesticides are agrochemicals used in agricultural lands, public health programs, and urban green areas in order to protect plants and…
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Impact of Climate Change on Crops Adaptation and Strategies to Tackle Its Outcome: A Review Open
Agriculture and climate change are internally correlated with each other in various aspects, as climate change is the main cause of biotic and abiotic stresses, which have adverse effects on the agriculture of a region. The land and its ag…
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Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture: Recent Developments, Challenges, and Perspectives Open
Nanotechnology monitors a leading agricultural controlling process, especially by its miniature dimension. Additionally, many potential benefits such as enhancement of food quality and safety, reduction of agricultural inputs, enrichment o…
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Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security Open
The recent rate of emergence of pathogenic fungi that are resistant to the limited number of commonly used antifungal agents is unprecedented. The azoles, for example, are used not only for human and animal health care and crop protection …
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Future Protein Supply and Demand: Strategies and Factors Influencing a Sustainable Equilibrium Open
A growing global population, combined with factors such as changing socio-demographics, will place increased pressure on the world’s resources to provide not only more but also different types of food. Increased demand for animal-based pro…
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Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review Open
Climate change is a global threat to the food and nutritional security of the world. As greenhouse-gas emissions in the atmosphere are increasing, the temperature is also rising due to the greenhouse effect. The average global temperature …
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Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications Open
In recent years, food waste has received growing interest from local, national and European policymakers, international organisations, NGOs as well as academics from various disciplinary fields. Increasing concerns about food security and …
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The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Insect Pests Open
Climate change and global warming are of great concern to agriculture worldwide and are among the most discussed issues in today’s society. Climate parameters such as increased temperatures, rising atmospheric CO2 levels, and changing prec…
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Applications of Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: A Review Open
Agriculture provides for the most basic needs of humankind: food and fiber. The introduction of new farming techniques in the past century (e.g., during the Green Revolution) has helped agriculture keep pace with growing demands for food a…
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Applications of Nanotechnology in Plant Growth and Crop Protection: A Review Open
In the era of climate change, global agricultural systems are facing numerous, unprecedented challenges. In order to achieve food security, advanced nano-engineering is a handy tool for boosting crop production and assuring sustainability.…
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COVID-19 risks to global food security Open
Economic fallout and food supply chain disruptions require attention from policy-makers
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Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers Open
Summary Understanding the drivers and dynamics of global ultra‐processed food (UPF) consumption is essential, given the evidence linking these foods with adverse health outcomes. In this synthesis review, we take two steps. First, we quant…
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Climate Change and Global Food Systems: Potential Impacts on Food Security and Undernutrition Open
Great progress has been made in addressing global undernutrition over the past several decades, in part because of large increases in food production from agricultural expansion and intensification. Food systems, however, face continued in…
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Reducing Postharvest Losses during Storage of Grain Crops to Strengthen Food Security in Developing Countries Open
While fulfilling the food demand of an increasing population remains a major global concern, more than one-third of food is lost or wasted in postharvest operations. Reducing the postharvest losses, especially in developing countries, coul…
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Global maize production, consumption and trade: trends and R&D implications Open
Since its domestication some 9,000 years ago, maize ( Zea mays L.; corn) has played an increasing and diverse role in global agri-food systems. Global maize production has surged in the past few decades, propelled by rising demand and a co…
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Land–atmospheric feedbacks during droughts and heatwaves: state of the science and current challenges Open
Droughts and heatwaves cause agricultural loss, forest mortality, and drinking water scarcity, especially when they occur simultaneously as combined events. Their predicted increase in recurrence and intensity poses serious threats to futu…
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The Food Systems in the Era of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Crisis Open
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19, broadly referred to as “coronavirus”) a global pandemic, while thousands of infections and deaths are reported daily. The current article explores …
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Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield Open
Diversification practices benefit biodiversity, pollination, pest control, nutrient cycling, soil fertility, and water regulation.
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Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security Open
The eighteenth-century Malthusian prediction of population growth outstripping food production has not yet come to bear. Unprecedented agricultural land expansions since 1700, and technological innovations that began in the 1930s, have ena…
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Environmental Research Letters Open
The achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement depends on rapid progress towards sustainable food and land systems in all countries. We have built a flexible, collaborative modeling framewor…
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The Role of Agriculture in Ensuring Food Security in Developing Countries: Considerations in the Context of the Problem of Sustainable Food Production Open
Ensuring food security has become an issue of key importance to countries with different degrees of economic development, while the agricultural sector plays a strategic role in improving food availability. The aim of this paper is to iden…
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Implementation of artificial intelligence in agriculture for optimisation of irrigation and application of pesticides and herbicides Open
Agriculture plays a significant role in the economic sector. The automation in agriculture is the main concern and the emerging subject across the world. The population is increasing tremendously and with this increase the demand of food a…
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The effects of climate extremes on global agricultural yields Open
Climate extremes, such as droughts or heat waves, can lead to harvest failures and threaten the livelihoods of agricultural producers and the food security of communities worldwide. Improving our understanding of their impacts on crop yiel…
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Future food-production systems: vertical farming and controlled-environment agriculture Open
The unremitting trends of increasing population, urbanization, diminishing water supply, and continuing climate change have contributed to declining stocks of arable land per person. As land resources for agriculture decrease, policy maker…
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Soil Degradation, Land Scarcity and Food Security: Reviewing a Complex Challenge Open
Soil health, along with water supply, is the most valuable resource for humans, as human life depends on the soil’s generosity. Soil degradation, therefore, poses a threat to food security, as it reduces yield, forces farmers to use more i…
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The Global Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus Open
Water availability is a major factor constraining humanity's ability to meet the future food and energy needs of a growing and increasingly affluent human population. Water plays an important role in the production of energy, including ren…