Meeting global challenges with regenerative agriculture producing food and energy

Schulte, Lisa A.; Dale, Bruce E.; Bozzetto, Stefano; Liebman, Matt; Souza, Glaucia M.; Haddad, Nick; Richard, Tom L.; Basso, Bruno; Brown, Robert C.; Hilbert, Jorge A.; Arbuckle, J. Gordon

doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00827-y

Meeting global challenges with regenerative agriculture producing food and energy

Journal Article · Thu Dec 16 04:00:00 EST 2021 · Nature Sustainability

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00827-y· OSTI ID:1845862

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Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State University Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and Bioeconomy Institute
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Biogas Refinery Development srl, Cittadella (Italy)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Univ. de São Paulo (Brazil)
Penn State Univ., State College, PA (United States)
Ingeniería Rural Centro, Buenos Aires (Argentina)

The world currently faces a suite of urgent challenges: environmental degradation, diminished biodiversity, climate change and persistent poverty and associated injustices. All of these challenges can be addressed to a large extent through agriculture. A dichotomy expressed as ‘food versus fuel’ has misled thinking and hindered needed action towards building agricultural systems in ways that are regenerative, biodiverse, climate resilient, equitable and economically sustainable. Here we offer examples of agricultural systems that meet the urgent needs while also producing food and energy. Furthermore, we call for refocused conversation and united action towards rapidly deploying such systems across biophysical and socioeconomic settings.

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Research Organization:: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018409; FC02-07ER64494

OSTI ID:: 1845862

Journal Information:: Nature Sustainability, Journal Name: Nature Sustainability Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 5; ISSN 2398-9629

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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