Small-scale integrated farming systems can abate continental-scale nutrient leakage.

Beef is the most resource intensive of all commonly used food items. Disproportionate synthetic fertilizer use during beef production propels a vigorous one-way factory-to-ocean nutrient flux, which alternative agriculture models strive to rectify by enhancing in-farm biogeochemical cycling. Livesto...

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Main Author: Gidon Eshel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001264