Achieving net-zero emissions in agriculture: a review

Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands

(2023) Baojing Gu et al.   NATURE

The role of rice cultivation in changes in atmospheric methane concentration and the Global Methane Pledge

(2023) Jinyang Wang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Future warming from global food consumption

(2023) Catherine C. Ivanovich et al.   Nature Climate Change

Pesticide-free agriculture as a new paradigm for research

(2022) Florence Jacquet et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Toward Net-Zero Emission Fertilizers Industry: Greenhouse Gas Emission Analyses and Decarbonization Solutions

(2022) Mohammed Ouikhalfan et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Projecting future nitrogen inputs: are we making the right assumptions?

(2022) Srishti Vishwakarma et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Adapting agriculture to climate change via sustainable irrigation: Biophysical potentials and feedbacks

(2022) Lorenzo Rosa   Environmental Research Letters

Carbon dioxide capture, transport and storage supply chains: Optimal economic and environmental performance of infrastructure rollout

(2022) Viola Becattini et al.   International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Projected environmental benefits of replacing beef with microbial protein

(2022) Florian Humpenöder et al.   NATURE

Full adoption of the most effective strategies to mitigate methane emissions by ruminants can help meet the 1.5 °C target by 2030 but not 2050

(2022) Claudia Arndt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Potential for hydrogen production from sustainable biomass with carbon capture and storage

(2022) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Meat Consumption and Sustainability

(2022) Martin C. Parlasca et al.   Annual Review of Resource Economics

Farm electrification: A road-map to decarbonize the agriculture sector

(2022) Arash Farokhi Soofi et al.   Electricity Journal

Genetic modification of flavone biosynthesis in rice enhances biofilm formation of soil diazotrophic bacteria and biological nitrogen fixation

(2022) Dawei Yan et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Pathways to food from CO2 via ‘green chemical farming’

(2022) Ning Yan et al.   Nature Sustainability

Tandem electrocatalytic N2 fixation via proton-coupled electron transfer

(2022) Pablo Garrido-Barros et al.   NATURE

From planetary to regional boundaries for agricultural nitrogen pollution

(2022) L. F. Schulte-Uebbing et al.   NATURE

Carbon dioxide mineralization in recycled concrete aggregates can contribute immediately to carbon-neutrality

(2022) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Greenhouse gas emissions from global production and use of nitrogen synthetic fertilisers in agriculture

(2022) Stefano Menegat et al.   Scientific Reports

Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of N 2 to NH 3 via a photoredox catalysis strategy

(2022) Christian M. Johansen et al.   Science Advances

The warming winter accelerated methane emissions during subsequent rice growing season from paddy fields

(2022) Xian Wu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Energy and food security implications of transitioning synthetic nitrogen fertilizers to net-zero emissions

(2022) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Optimization and assessment of carbon capture, transport and storage supply chains for industrial sectors: The cost of resilience

(2022) Paolo Gabrielli et al.   International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Dynamics of pesticides under changing climatic scenario

(2021) Partha P. Choudhury et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

To decarbonize industry, we must decarbonize heat

(2021) Gregory P. Thiel et al.   Joule

Biofuels for a sustainable future

(2021) Yuzhong Liu et al.   CELL

A global meta‐analysis of nitrous oxide emission from drip‐irrigated cropping system

(2021) Wennong Kuang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) supplementation reduces enteric methane by over 80 percent in beef steers

(2021) Breanna M. Roque et al.   PLoS One

Energy implications of the 21st century agrarian transition

(2021) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   Nature Communications

Anthropogenic climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth

(2021) Ariel Ortiz-Bobea et al.   Nature Climate Change

Greenhouse gas mitigation strategies and opportunities for agriculture

(2021) Hoyoung Kwon et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Small-Scale Biomass Gasification for Green Ammonia Production in Portugal: A Techno-Economic Study

(2021) João Sousa Cardoso et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Urease inhibitors: opportunities for meeting EU national obligations to reduce ammonia emission ceilings by 2030 in EU countries

(2021) Yuncai Hu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems: building the evidence base

(2021) Francesco N Tubiello et al.   Environmental Research Letters

How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

(2021) Stephen Joseph et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Optimal drainage timing for mitigating methane emissions from rice paddy fields

(2021) Rodolfo Souza et al.   GEODERMA

Photovoltaic-driven microbial protein production can use land and sunlight more efficiently than conventional crops

(2021) Dorian Leger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Novel technologies for emission reduction complement conservation agriculture to achieve negative emissions from row-crop production

(2021) Daniel L. Northrup et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cell-free chemoenzymatic starch synthesis from carbon dioxide

(2021) Tao Cai et al.   SCIENCE

Enabling circularity in grain production systems with novel technologies and policy

(2021) Bruno Basso et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

How necessary and feasible are reductions of methane emissions from livestock to support stringent temperature goals?

(2021) Andy Reisinger et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Atmospheric methane removal: a research agenda

(2021) Robert B. Jackson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Sustainable intensification for a larger global rice bowl

(2021) Shen Yuan et al.   Nature Communications

Uncertain storage prospects create a conundrum for carbon capture and storage ambitions

(2021) Joe Lane et al.   Nature Climate Change

Meeting global challenges with regenerative agriculture producing food and energy

(2021) Lisa A. Schulte et al.   Nature Sustainability

Review: Fifty years of research on rumen methanogenesis: lessons learned and future challenges for mitigation

(2020) K. A. Beauchemin et al.   Animal

The role of CCU, CCS and biomass to enable a net-zero-CO2 emissions chemical industry

(2020) Paolo Gabrielli et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Global food self-sufficiency in the 21st century under sustainable intensification of agriculture

(2020) Areidy Aracely Beltran-Peña et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Mitigation of greenhouse gases in dairy cattle via genetic selection: 2. Incorporating methane emissions into the breeding goal

(2020) O. González-Recio et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Lignocellulose biomass pyrolysis for bio-oil production: A review of biomass pre-treatment methods for production of drop-in fuels

(2020) R. Kumar et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Global agricultural economic water scarcity

(2020) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   Science Advances

Smart Farming Technology Trends: Economic and Environmental Effects, Labor Impact, and Adoption Readiness

(2020) Athanasios T. Balafoutis et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands

(2020) David J. Beerling et al.   NATURE

Five thermal energy grand challenges for decarbonization

(2020) Asegun Henry et al.   Nature Energy

Hydrological limits to carbon capture and storage

(2020) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   Nature Sustainability

Enabling low-carbon hydrogen supply chains through use of biomass and carbon capture and storage: A Swiss case study

(2020) Paolo Gabrielli et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Potential of conservation agriculture modules for energy conservation and sustainability of rice-based production systems of Indo-Gangetic Plain region

(2020) Rajiv Nandan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

No-till and mulching enhance energy use efficiency and reduce carbon footprint of a direct-seeded upland rice production system

(2020) Gulab Singh Yadav et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Greenhouse gas emissions from inorganic and organic fertilizer production and use: A review of emission factors and their variability

(2020) Eric Walling et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Plant-based and cell-based approaches to meat production

(2020) Natalie R. Rubio et al.   Nature Communications

N2 Fixation by Plasma-Activated Processes

(2020) Lea R. Winter et al.   Joule

The water footprint of carbon capture and storage technologies

(2020) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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

(2019) Walter Willett et al.   LANCET

Water management to mitigate the global warming potential of rice systems: A global meta-analysis

(2019) Yu Jiang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Closing yield gaps for rice self-sufficiency in China

(2019) Nanyan Deng et al.   Nature Communications

A heritable subset of the core rumen microbiome dictates dairy cow productivity and emissions

(2019) R. John Wallace et al.   Science Advances

Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia as a potential alternative to the Haber–Bosch process

(2019) Grigorii Soloveichik   Nature Catalysis

Global unsustainable virtual water flows in agricultural trade

(2019) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The technological and economic prospects for CO2 utilization and removal

(2019) Cameron Hepburn et al.   NATURE

Solar and wind energy enhances drought resilience and groundwater sustainability

(2019) Xiaogang He et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of crop rotation on energy use efficiency of irrigated potato with cereals, canola, and alfalfa over a 14-year period in Manitoba, Canada

(2019) Mohammad Khakbazan et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Negative emissions—Part 2: Costs, potentials and side effects

(2018) Sabine Fuss et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Decoupling Livestock from Land Use through Industrial Feed Production Pathways

(2018) Ilje Pikaar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Crop intensification, land use, and on-farm energy-use efficiency during the worldwide spread of the green revolution

(2018) Pedro Pellegrini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Closing the yield gap while ensuring water sustainability

(2018) Lorenzo Rosa et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Increase in crop losses to insect pests in a warming climate

(2018) Curtis A. Deutsch et al.   SCIENCE

The potential of agricultural land management to contribute to lower global surface temperatures

(2018) Allegra Mayer et al.   Science Advances

An IoT based smart irrigation management system using Machine learning and open source technologies

(2018) Amarendra Goap et al.   COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE

Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits

(2018) Marco Springmann et al.   NATURE

Eutrophication will increase during the 21st century as a result of precipitation changes

(2017) E. Sinha et al.   SCIENCE

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and the Challenges to Its Extension to Nonlegumes

(2016) Florence Mus et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap

(2016) J Jägermeyr et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Comparison of Oleo- vs Petro-Sourcing of Fatty Alcohols via Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment

(2016) Jignesh Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF SURFACTANTS AND DETERGENTS

Closing yield gaps in China by empowering smallholder farmers

(2016) Weifeng Zhang et al.   NATURE

Effect of Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers on Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Crop Yields: A Meta-analysis

(2016) Resham Thapa et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

The red macroalgae Asparagopsis taxiformis is a potent natural antimethanogenic that reduces methane production during in vitro fermentation with rumen fluid

(2016) Robert D. Kinley et al.   Animal Production Science

Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector

(2016) Mario Herrero et al.   Nature Climate Change

Managing nitrogen for sustainable development

(2015) Xin Zhang et al.   NATURE

An inhibitor persistently decreased enteric methane emission from dairy cows with no negative effect on milk production

(2015) Alexander N. Hristov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recent Advances on Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Decomposition over Non-Noble-Metal Oxide Catalysts: Catalytic Performance, Mechanistic Considerations, and Surface Chemistry Aspects

(2015) Michalis Konsolakis   ACS Catalysis

Closing Yield Gaps: How Sustainable Can We Be?

(2015) Prajal Pradhan et al.   PLoS One

Water and energy footprint of irrigated agriculture in the Mediterranean region

(2014) A Daccache et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

(2014) Benjamin Leon Bodirsky et al.   Nature Communications

Reduced nitrous oxide emissions and increased yields in California tomato cropping systems under drip irrigation and fertigation

(2013) Taryn L. Kennedy et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Irrigation, soil organic carbon and N2O emissions. A review

(2013) Benjamin Trost et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

The FAOSTAT database of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

(2013) Francesco N Tubiello et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural irrigation in China

(2013) Xiaoxia Zou et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management

(2012) Nathaniel D. Mueller et al.   NATURE

Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the U.S. -- the first sixteen years

(2012) Charles M Benbrook   Environmental Sciences Europe

Solutions for a cultivated planet

(2011) Jonathan A. Foley et al.   NATURE

Greenhouse-gas emissions from energy use in the water sector

(2011) Sabrina G. S. A. Rothausen et al.   Nature Climate Change

Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification

(2010) J. A. Burney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria as biofertiliser for non-legumes: prospects and challenges

(2008) Rumpa Biswas Bhattacharjee et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt

(2008) J. Fargione et al.   SCIENCE