Reconciling food production and environmental boundaries for nitrogen in the European Union

Spatially explicit boundaries for agricultural nitrogen inputs in the European Union to meet air and water quality targets

(2021) Wim de Vries et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Nitrogen fertilisers with urease inhibitors reduce nitrous oxide and ammonia losses, while retaining yield in temperate grassland

(2020) D.J. Krol et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Europe’s Green Deal offshores environmental damage to other nations

(2020) Richard Fuchs et al.   NATURE

The impact of air pollution on terrestrial managed and natural vegetation

(2020) C. J. Stevens et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Measures to increase the nitrogen use efficiency of European agricultural production

(2020) Nicholas J. Hutchings et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

(2019) Walter Willett et al.   LANCET

Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China

(2019) ChaoQing Yu et al.   NATURE

A World of Cobenefits: Solving the Global Nitrogen Challenge

(2019) Benjamin Z. Houlton et al.   Earths Future

Nitrogen crisis threatens Dutch environment—and economy

(2019) Erik Stokstad   SCIENCE

Nutrient criteria for surface waters under the European Water Framework Directive: Current state-of-the-art, challenges and future outlook

(2019) Sandra Poikane et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A review of regulations and guidelines related to winter manure application

(2018) Jian Liu et al.   AMBIO

Land use options for staying within the Planetary Boundaries – Synergies and trade-offs between global and local sustainability goals

(2018) Vera Heck et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Reducing external costs of nitrogen pollution by relocation of pig production between regions in the European Union

(2018) Hans J. M. van Grinsven et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Cereal yield gaps across Europe

(2018) René Schils et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits

(2018) Marco Springmann et al.   NATURE

Global distribution data for cattle, buffaloes, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and ducks in 2010

(2018) Marius Gilbert et al.   Scientific Data

Simulation of terrestrial nitrogen fluxes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and scenario analyses how to reach N-quality targets for groundwater and the coastal waters

(2017) Ralf Kunkel et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Enhanced nitrogen fertiliser technologies support the ‘4R' concept to optimise crop production and minimise environmental losses

(2017) Clifford S. Snyder   Soil Research

The nitrogen legacy: emerging evidence of nitrogen accumulation in anthropogenic landscapes

(2016) K J Van Meter et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Nitrogen use in the global food system: past trends and future trajectories of agronomic performance, pollution, trade, and dietary demand

(2016) Luis Lassaletta et al.   Environmental Research Letters

It Takes Two to Tango: When and Where Dual Nutrient (N & P) Reductions Are Needed to Protect Lakes and Downstream Ecosystems

(2016) Hans W. Paerl et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Reducing Phosphorus to Curb Lake Eutrophication is a Success

(2016) David W. Schindler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Lake-type-specific seasonal patterns of nutrient limitation in German lakes, with target nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations for good ecological status

(2016) Andrew M. Dolman et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Breeding for increased nitrogen-use efficiency: a review for wheat (T. aestivumL.)

(2016) Fabien Cormier et al.   PLANT BREEDING

Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?

(2016) Martin K. van Ittersum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global assessment of nitrogen losses and trade-offs with yields from major crop cultivations

(2016) Wenfeng Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

(2015) Adrian Leip et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Potential of extensification of European agriculture for a more sustainable food system, focusing on nitrogen

(2015) Hans J M van Grinsven et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Assessing the evolving fragility of the global food system

(2015) Michael J Puma et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Global Gray Water Footprint and Water Pollution Levels Related to Anthropogenic Nitrogen Loads to Fresh Water

(2015) Mesfin M. Mekonnen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

How good is good enough? Data requirements for reliable crop yield simulations and yield-gap analysis

(2015) Patricio Grassini et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

From field to atlas: Upscaling of location-specific yield gap estimates

(2015) Lenny G.J. van Bussel et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

More Food, Low Pollution (Mo Fo Lo Po): A Grand Challenge for the 21st Century

(2015) Eric A. Davidson et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Managing nitrogen for sustainable development

(2015) Xin Zhang et al.   NATURE

Closing Yield Gaps: How Sustainable Can We Be?

(2015) Prajal Pradhan et al.   PLoS One

Meta-analysis of the effect of urease and nitrification inhibitors on crop productivity and nitrogen use efficiency

(2014) Diego Abalos et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Robust relationship between yields and nitrogen inputs indicates three ways to reduce nitrogen pollution

(2014) Benjamin Leon Bodirsky et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A tradeoff frontier for global nitrogen use and cereal production

(2014) Nathaniel D Mueller et al.   Environmental Research Letters

50 year trends in nitrogen use efficiency of world cropping systems: the relationship between yield and nitrogen input to cropland

(2014) Luis Lassaletta et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Food Self-Sufficiency across Scales: How Local Can We Go?

(2014) Prajal Pradhan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Closing the N-Use Efficiency Gap to Achieve Food and Environmental Security

(2014) Zhenling Cui et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food choices, health and environment: Effects of cutting Europe's meat and dairy intake

(2014) Henk Westhoek et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Producing more grain with lower environmental costs

(2014) Xinping Chen et al.   NATURE

Reactive nitrogen requirements to feed the world in 2050 and potential to mitigate nitrogen pollution

(2014) Benjamin Leon Bodirsky et al.   Nature Communications

Food and feed trade as a driver in the global nitrogen cycle: 50-year trends

(2013) Luis Lassaletta et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Mapping the extent of abandoned farmland in Central and Eastern Europe using MODIS time series satellite data

(2013) Camilo Alcantara et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Spatial decoupling of agricultural production and consumption: quantifying dependences of countries on food imports due to domestic land and water constraints

(2013) Marianela Fader et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The contribution of food waste to global and European nitrogen pollution

(2013) Bruna Grizzetti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen for Europe and Implications for Mitigation

(2013) Hans J. M. Van Grinsven et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Estimating the world's potentially available cropland using a bottom-up approach

(2013) E.F. Lambin et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Nitrogen use and food production in European regions from a global perspective

(2013) H. J. M. VAN GRINSVEN et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050

(2013) Deepak K. Ray et al.   PLoS One

The impact of the Nitrates Directive on nitrogen emissions from agriculture in the EU-27 during 2000–2008

(2013) G.L. Velthof et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Modelling mitigation options to reduce diffuse nitrogen water pollution from agriculture

(2013) Fayçal Bouraoui et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance—A review

(2012) Martin K. van Ittersum et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management

(2012) Nathaniel D. Mueller et al.   NATURE

Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation

(2012) Deepak K. Ray et al.   Nature Communications

Comparison of land nitrogen budgets for European agriculture by various modeling approaches

(2011) W. de Vries et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Farm, land, and soil nitrogen budgets for agriculture in Europe calculated with CAPRI

(2011) Adrian Leip et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Solutions for a cultivated planet

(2011) Jonathan A. Foley et al.   NATURE

Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

(2011) Eric F. Lambin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture

(2011) D. Tilman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Productivity developments in European agriculture: Relations to and opportunities for biomass production

(2011) Marc de Wit et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Long-Term Evaluation of Manure Application on Maize Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in China

(2011) Yinghua Duan et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture

(2011) Bertrand Hirel et al.   Sustainability

Integrated assessment of promising measures to decrease nitrogen losses from agriculture in EU-27

(2009) O. Oenema et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Crop Yield Gaps: Their Importance, Magnitudes, and Causes

(2009) David B. Lobell et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Reducing environmental risk by improving N management in intensive Chinese agricultural systems

(2009) X.-T. Ju et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spatial distribution of grassland productivity and land use in Europe

(2008) H.J. Smit et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Effects of policy measures implemented in Denmark on nitrogen pollution of the aquatic environment

(2008) Brian Kronvang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY