This paper investigates whether these changes have resulted in rapid intensification of farming systems, permitting rapid agricultural growth and increased incomes for farmers. Using the first round ...
Agricultural intensification comes with a downside: recognized impacts on air, water and soil have increased over recent decades. In particular, concerns regarding air emissions from agricultural ...
During the last century, whilst agricultural area expansion has continued, the emphasis for increasing food production has shifted toward intensification, i.e. the increased production of ...
An international conference provided a platform for tapping into the shared potential of sustainable agricultural intensification practices and biodiversity for food and nutrition security and ...
This rate is bound to further rise as a result of an increase in the demand for food by a growing global population, the stronger demand for dairy and meat products, and the intensification of ...
A recent report by the Office for Environmental Protection found land use and pollution, linked to agricultural intensification, were the principal pressures on nature in Northern Ireland.