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Rockström, et al., (2017) Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global
sustainability, Ambio, 46:4-17.
There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA). In this
paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be defined and translated into an
operational framework for agricultural development. We argue that this paradigm must now be
defined—at all scales—in the context of rapidly rising global environmental changes in the
Anthropocene, while focusing on eradicating poverty and hunger and contributing to human wellbeing.
The criteria
and approach we propose, for a paradigm shift towards sustainable intensification of
agriculture, integrates the dual and interdependent goals of using sustainable practices to meet rising
human needs while contributing to resilience and sustainability of landscapes, the biosphere, and the
Earth system. Both of these, in turn, are required to sustain the future viability of agriculture. This
paradigm shift aims at repositioning world agriculture from its current role as the world’s single largest
driver of
global environmental change, to becoming a key contributor of a
global transition to a
sustainable world within a safe operating space on Earth.
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