Sustainable Intensification in agriculture? A global assessment

Frederic Ang and Hervé Dakpo

No 276190, 166th Seminar, August 30-31, 2018, Galway, West of Ireland from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: Abstract. A growing population leads to rising food demand, which requires a substantial increase in food supply. However, agricultural production is often an important driver of environmental problems. The ”Sustainable Intensifica- tion” (SI) paradigm envisions the process of increasing production from existing farmland while minimizing pressure on the environment. This paper quantita- tively assesses the global progress towards SI for the period 1961−2014, using an environmental Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index that incorporates green- house gas emission. Although the environmental TFP index increases in this period, there is substantial heterogeneity.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-09-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.276190

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