Integrated food–energy systems for climate-smart agriculturehttps://biodiversitylinks.org/library/annotations/groups/csa/library-1/ris-imports-from-google-scholar-science.gov-and-agrilinks/climate-smart-agriculture-ris-agrilinks/biblioreference.2013-07-17.5951115619https://biodiversitylinks.org/@@site-logo/biodiversity-links-logo-no-tag.png
Integrated food–energy systems for climate-smart agriculture
Food production needs to increase by 70%, mostly through yield increases, to feed the world in 2050. Increases in productivity achieved in the past are attributed in part to the significant use of fossil fuels. Energy use in agriculture is therefore also expected to rise in the future, further contributing to greenhouse emissions. At the same time, more than two-fifths of the world’s population still depends on unsustainably harvested wood energy for cooking and heating. Both types of energy use have detrimental impacts on the climate and natural resources.
