Global impacts of future cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets and biodiversity

The increase in needs for agricultural commodities is projected to outpace the growth of farmland production globally, leading to high pressure on farming systems in the next decades. Here, the authors investigate the future impact of cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets an...

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Main Authors: Florian Zabel, Ruth Delzeit, Julia M. Schneider, Ralf Seppelt, Wolfram Mauser, Tomáš Václavík
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10775-z