Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap

Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap

As planetary boundaries are rapidly being approached, humanity has little room for additional expansion and conventional intensification of agriculture, while a growing world population further spreads the food gap. Ample evidence exists that improved on-farm water management can close water-related...

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Main Authors: J Jägermeyr, D Gerten, S Schaphoff, J Heinke, W Lucht, J Rockström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
sustainable intensification
yield gap
water harvesting
conservation agriculture
irrigation efficiency
food security
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/025002

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