Maintain / improve crop yields

Ensure food is available to meet consumer demand

Link details:

The strength/importance of this link is 10

This link is a Positive contribution.

Literature supporting this link:

Scientific literature:

• Defra (2008) Ensuring the UK's Food Security in a Changing World. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Discussion Paper, July 2008.
• Royal Society (2009) Reaping the benefits: science and the sustainable intensification of global agriculture. The Royal Society, RS Policy document 11/09, ISBN: 978-0-85403-784-1
• Defra (2009) First Report from the Council of Food Policy Advisors. Defra, PB13305, September 2009

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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