Image Journal articles Preserving global land and water resources through the replacement of livestock feed crops with agricultural by-products Researchers find that substantial amounts of agricultural land and water could be saved by replacement of livestock feed with agricultural by-products. This article presents a predictive model which explores the impact of feed replacement with agricultural by-products on agricultural resource uses. Read
Image Essay Marginal lands for sustainable food systems: panacea or bunk concept? Dr Abigail Muscat works at Wageningen University and Research, where she completed her PhD assessing the roles of science and policy in addressing trade-offs between different uses of biomass (e.g. food vs feed). at the Animal Production Systems group. She is passionate about transforming food systems so that they are healthy, equitable and sustainable for all. Read
Image Journal articles The global environmental paw print of dry pet food This paper provides an overview of the environmental impacts of pet food production at the global level. It finds that, depending on the data source used, dry pet food production accounts for 1.1-2.9% of global agricultural emissions, 0.8-1.2% of global agricultural land use, and 0.2-0.4% of agricultural water extraction. Read
Image Explainer Soy: food, feed, and land use change The global growth in the production of soy and its use for different types of foods has been, and continues to be, a major contributor to land use change in the Amazon and other regions in South America. This building block explores the connections between soy, land use change, and discussions on animal- versus plant-based protein sources. https://www.doi.org/10.56661/47e58c32 Read
Image Explainer What is land use and land use change? Human use and alteration of land has profound effects on the environment, both locally where it takes place, and at the planetary scale via climate change and other mechanisms. This building block explains what is meant by land use and land use change, both direct and indirect. Last update: 06 February, 2018 https://www.doi.org/10.56661/4af265b4 Read
Image Essay If farm animals only graze pastures and eat by-products – livestock problem solved? This piece offers a review of nuances and contingencies in the current livestock sustainability discourse.This post is written by FCRN collaborator Elin Röös. Elin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences working for the Future Agriculture initiative at the same university, which is a strategic multidisciplinary research platform that addresses the sustainable use of natural resources with emphasis on agricultural production and food systems. Read
Publication Soil carbon sequestration: opportunities and limitations This paper summarises the presentations and discussions that took place at a workshop organised by the Food Climate Research Network on 21 January 2010. Read
