Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2022)

Relocating croplands could drastically reduce the environmental impacts of global food production

  • Robert M. Beyer,
  • Fangyuan Hua,
  • Philip A. Martin,
  • Andrea Manica,
  • Tim Rademacher

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00360-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Optimising the spatial distribution of global croplands could substantially reduce carbon emissions and biodiversity loss associated with rain-fed crop production, according to a mathematical framework applied to environmental impact and crop yield data