Solutions for a cultivated planet

被引:5433
作者
Foley, Jonathan A. [1 ]
Ramankutty, Navin [2 ,3 ]
Brauman, Kate A. [1 ]
Cassidy, Emily S. [1 ]
Gerber, James S. [1 ]
Johnston, Matt [1 ]
Mueller, Nathaniel D. [1 ]
O'Connell, Christine [1 ,4 ]
Ray, Deepak K. [1 ]
West, Paul C. [1 ]
Balzer, Christian
Bennett, Elena M. [5 ,6 ]
Carpenter, Stephen R. [7 ]
Hill, Jason [1 ,8 ]
Monfreda, Chad [9 ]
Polasky, Stephen [1 ,10 ]
Rockstrom, Johan [11 ]
Sheehan, John [1 ]
Siebert, Stefan [12 ]
Tilman, David [1 ,13 ]
Zaks, David P. M. [14 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Inst Environm IonE, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
[2] McGill Univ, Dept Geog, Montreal, PQ H3A 2K6, Canada
[3] McGill Univ, Global Environm & Climate Change Ctr, Montreal, PQ H3A 2K6, Canada
[4] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Ecol Evolut & Marine Biol, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[5] McGill Univ, Sch Environm, Ste Anne De Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Canada
[6] McGill Univ, Dept Nat Resource Sci, Ste Anne De Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Canada
[7] Univ Wisconsin, Ctr Limnol, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[8] Univ Minnesota, Dept Bioprod & Biosyst Engn, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
[9] Arizona State Univ, CSPO, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[10] Univ Minnesota, Dept Appl Econ, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
[11] Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Resilience Ctr, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[12] Univ Bonn, Inst Crop Sci & Resource Conservat, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[13] Univ Minnesota, Dept Ecol Evolut & Behav, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
[14] Univ Wisconsin, Ctr Sustainabil & Global Environm SAGE, Madison, WI 53726 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; CROP YIELDS; LAND-USE; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; WATER-RESOURCES; CLIMATE; PHOSPHORUS; MANAGEMENT; CROPLANDS; FUTURE;
D O I
10.1038/nature10452
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Increasing population and consumption are placing unprecedented demands on agriculture and natural resources. Today, approximately a billion people are chronically malnourished while our agricultural systems are concurrently degrading land, water, biodiversity and climate on a global scale. To meet the world's future food security and sustainability needs, food production must grow substantially while, at the same time, agriculture's environmental footprint must shrink dramatically. Here we analyse solutions to this dilemma, showing that tremendous progress could be made by halting agricultural expansion, closing 'yield gaps' on underperforming lands, increasing cropping efficiency, shifting diets and reducing waste. Together, these strategies could double food production while greatly reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture.
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页码:337 / 342
页数:6
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