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Food Security and Climate Change: The Role of Sustainable Intensification, the Importance of Scale and the CAP

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type="graphical" xml:id="euch12082-abs-0101"> Food security, the depletion of the world's natural capital and climate change form a trilemma for EU agriculture. This article argues that while reducing food waste and meat consumption can make a contribution, only the widespread adoption of sustainable intensification (SI) – to achieve a step-change in natural resource productivity (NRP) growth – can deliver the necessary increase in output while reducing the industry's demands on the environment and GHG emissions. Maximising the growth of NRP depends not only on advances in plant and animal breeding but also a general transition to precision farming.

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  • Sean Rickard, 2015. "Food Security and Climate Change: The Role of Sustainable Intensification, the Importance of Scale and the CAP," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 14(1), pages 48-53, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:eurcho:v:14:y:2015:i:1:p:48-53
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    1. Adamashvili Nino & Fiore Mariantonietta & Contò Francesco & La Sala Piermichele, 2020. "Ecosystem for Successful Agriculture. Collaborative Approach as a Driver for Agricultural Development," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 12(2), pages 242-256, June.
    2. Vik, Jostein & Melås, Anders Mahlum & Stræte, Egil Petter & Søraa, Roger Andre, 2021. "Balanced readiness level assessment (BRLa): A tool for exploring new and emerging technologies," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
    3. Aleksander Grzelak & Jakub Staniszewski & Michał Borychowski, 2020. "Income or Assets—What Determines the Approach to the Environment among Farmers in A Region in Poland?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-20, June.
    4. Jakub Staniszewski & Łukasz Kryszak, 2022. "Do Structures Matter in the Process of Sustainable Intensification? A Case Study of Agriculture in the European Union Countries," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-19, February.

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