Trade-offs between economic and environmental impacts of introducing legumes into cropping systems

Trade-offs between economic and environmental impacts of introducing legumes into cropping systems

Europe’s agriculture is highly specialized, dependent on external inputs and responsible for negative environmental impacts. Legume crops are grown on less than 2 % of the arable land and more than 70 % of the demand for protein feed supplement is imported from overseas. The integration of legumes i...

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Main Authors: Moritz eReckling, Göran eBergkvist, Christine A. Watson, Frederick L. Stoddard, Peter Maria Zander, Robin eWalker, Aurelio ePristeri, Ion eToncea, Johann eBachinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
framework
Crop rotation
Multi-criteria assessment
Resource-efficiency
Protein crops
land use and impacts
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.00669/full

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