Cited by 655Sustainable Agricultural Systems AnalysisAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsPlant and soil sciences

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 56 of the 56 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

Intensification for redesigned and sustainable agricultural systems

Open access

Pretty, Jules·2018·Science

DOI 10.1126/science.aav0294

Open this paper in CoChat — free account Open PDF

Abstract

Redesign of agricultural systems is essential to deliver optimum outcomes as ecological and economic conditions change. The combination of agricultural processes in which production is maintained or increased, while environmental outcomes are enhanced, is currently known as sustainable intensification (SI). SI aims to avoid the cultivation of more land, and thus avoid the loss of unfarmed habitats, but also aims to increase overall system performance without net environmental cost. For example, large changes are now beginning to occur to maximize biodiversity by means of integrated pest management, pasture and forage management, the incorporation of trees into agriculture, and irrigation management, and with small and patch systems. SI is central to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and to wider efforts to improve global food and nutritional security.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1126/science.aav0294

Cites

56 of 56 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People
Godfray, H. C. J., Beddington, J. R., Crute, I. R., Haddad, L., Lawrence, D., Muir, J. F., Pretty, J., Robinson, S., Thomas, S. M., & Toulmin, C. (2010) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1185383 · Cited by 11,943
Self-citation
Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture
Tilman, D., Balzer, C., Hill, J., & Befort, B. L. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1116437108 · Cited by 7,692
Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers
Poore, J., & Nemecek, T. (2018) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aaq0216 · Cited by 6,085
Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers
Goulson, D., Nicholls, E., Botías, C., & Rotheray, E. L. (2015) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1255957 · Cited by 4,074
More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas
Hallmann, C. A., Sorg, M., Jongejans, E., Siepel, H., Hofland, N., Schwan, H., Stenmans, W., Müller, A., Sumser, H., Hörren, T., et al. (2017) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185809 · Cited by 3,499
The number, size, and distribution of farms, smallholder farms, and family farms worldwide
Lowder, S. K., Skoet, J., & Raney, T. (2016) · World Development · doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.041 · Cited by 2,012
Social Capital and the Collective Management of Resources
Pretty, J. (2003) · Princeton University Press eBooks · doi:10.1126/science.1090847 · Cited by 1,756
Reconciling Food Production and Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing and Land Sparing Compared
Phalan, B., Onial, M., Balmford, A. P., & Green, R. E. (2011) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1208742 · Cited by 1,699
Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability
Rockström, J., Williams, J. N., Daily, G. C., Noble, A., Matthews, N., Gordon, L. J., Wetterstrand, H., DeClerck, F., Shah, M., Steduto, P., et al. (2016) · AMBIO · doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0793-6 · Cited by 1,286
Sustainable intensification in African agriculture
Pretty, J., Toulmin, C., & Williams, S. B. (2011) · International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability · doi:10.3763/ijas.2010.0583 · Cited by 1,229

Flagged first, then by citations

Show all 56 references

Research works printed but not linked: 12

G. R. Conway The Doubly Green Revolution (Penguin 1997).
NRC Alternative Agriculture (National Academies Press 1989)
NRC Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21 st Century (National Academies Press 2010).
T. Garnett H. J. C. Godfray 2012. Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture (Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food University of Oxford 2012).
S. Hill, Alternatives 12, 32–36 (1985).
S. Hill in Organic Farming Prototype for Sustainable Agriculture S. Bellone S. Penvern Eds. (Springer 2014).
J. Pretty, Z. P. Bharucha, Ann. Bot. (Lond.) 205, 1–26 (2014).
H. Andersson D. Tago N. Treich Pesticides and Health: A Review of Evidence on Health Effects Valuation of Risks and Benefit-Cost Analysis (Toulouse School of Economics WP TSE-477 2014).
J. E. Losey, M. Vaughan, A.I.B.S. Bull. 56, 311–323 (2006).
P. Kenmore ., J. Plant Protect. Trop. 1, 19–38 (1984).
J. W. Ketelaar et al . in Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification (Routledge 2018).
C. Morris ., Asp. Appl. Biol. 136, 19–26 (2017).

Sorted by citations

Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Sachs, J. D., Schmidt‐Traub, G., Mazzucato, M., Messner, D., Nakićenović, N., & Rockström, J. (2019) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0352-9 · Cited by 2,631
A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production
Dainese, M., Martin, E. A., Aizen, M. A., Albrecht, M., Bartomeus, I., Bommarco, R., Carvalheiro, L. G., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Gagic, V., Garibaldi, L. A., et al. (2019) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax0121 · Cited by 1,070
Nano-enabled pesticides for sustainable agriculture and global food security
Wang, D., Saleh, N. B., Byro, A., Zepp, R., Sahle-Demessie, E., Luxton, T. P., Ho, K. T., Burgess, R. M., Flury, M., White, J. C., et al. (2022) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/s41565-022-01082-8 · Cited by 877
Long-Term Evidence Shows that Crop-Rotation Diversification Increases Agricultural Resilience to Adverse Growing Conditions in North America
Bowles, T. M., Mooshammer, M., Socolar, Y., Calderón, F., Cavigelli, M. A., Culman, S. W., Deen, W., Drury, C. F., Garcia y Garcia, A., Gaudin, A. C. M., et al. (2020) · One Earth · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.02.007 · Cited by 526
Agroforestry Systems for Soil Health Improvement and Maintenance
Fahad, S., Chavan, S. B., Chichaghare, A. R., Uthappa, A. R., Kumar, M., Kakade, V., Pradhan, A., Jinger, D., Rawale, G., Yadav, D. K., et al. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su142214877 · Cited by 491
A cultivated planet in 2010 – Part 2: The global gridded agricultural-production maps
Yu, Q., You, L., Wood-Sichra, U., Ru, Y., Joglekar, A., Fritz, S., Xiong, W., Lu, M., Wu, W.-B., & Yang, P. (2020) · Earth System Science Data · doi:10.5194/essd-12-3545-2020 · Cited by 284
A review of the interactions between biodiversity, agriculture, climate change, and international trade: research and policy priorities
Ortiz, A. M. D., Outhwaite, C. L., Dalin, C., & Newbold, T. (2021) · One Earth · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.008 · Cited by 363
Agroforestry boosts soil health in the humid and sub-humid tropics: A meta-analysis
Muchane, M. N., Sileshi, G. W., Gripenberg, S., Jonsson, M., Pumariño, L., & Barrios, E. (2020) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/j.agee.2020.106899 · Cited by 331
Pathways for advancing pesticide policies
Möhring, N., Ingold, K. M., Kudsk, P., Martin-Laurent, F. A., Niggli, U. A., Siegrist, M., Studer, B., Walter, A., & Finger, R. (2020) · Nature Food · doi:10.1038/s43016-020-00141-4 · Cited by 340
Digital innovations for sustainable and resilient agricultural systems
Finger, R. (2023) · European Review of Agricultural Economics · doi:10.1093/erae/jbad021 · Cited by 402
Crop cover is more important than rotational diversity for soil multifunctionality and cereal yields in European cropping systems
Garland, G., Edlinger, A., Banerjee, S., Degrune, F., García‐Palacios, P., Pescador, D. S., Herzog, C., Romdhane, S., Saghaï, A., Spor, A., et al. (2021) · Nature Food · doi:10.1038/s43016-020-00210-8 · Cited by 321
Managing Land Carrying Capacity: Key to Achieving Sustainable Production Systems for Food Security
Wang, X. (2022) · Land · doi:10.3390/land11040484 · Cited by 346
The 10 Elements of Agroecology: enabling transitions towards sustainable agriculture and food systems through visual narratives
Barrios, E., Gemmill-Herren, B., Bicksler, A., Siliprandi, E., Brathwaite, R., Moller, S., Batello, C., & Tittonell, P. (2020) · Ecosystems and People · doi:10.1080/26395916.2020.1808705 · Cited by 293
Agriculture and environmental management through nanotechnology: Eco-friendly nanomaterial synthesis for soil-plant systems, food safety, and sustainability
Wahab, A. H., Muhammad, M., Ullah, S., Abdi, G., Shah, G. M., Zaman, W., & Ayaz, A. (2024) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171862 · Cited by 305
Global food self-sufficiency in the 21st century under sustainable intensification of agriculture
Beltran-Peña, A. A., Rosa, L., & D’Odorico, P. (2020) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab9388 · Cited by 318
A Light-Triggered pH-Responsive Metal–Organic Framework for Smart Delivery of Fungicide to Control Sclerotinia Diseases of Oilseed Rape
Liang, W., Xie, Z., Cheng, J., Xiao, D., Xiong, Q., Wang, Q., Zhao, J., & Gui, W. (2021) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c10877 · Cited by 280
Assessment and Principles of Environmentally Sustainable Food and Agriculture Systems
Çakmakçı, R., Salık, M. A., & Çakmakçı, S. (2023) · Agriculture · doi:10.3390/agriculture13051073 · Cited by 332
Smallholder farmers’ challenges and opportunities: Implications for agricultural production, environment and food security
Touch, V., Tan, D. K. Y., Cook, B. R., Liu, D. L., Cross, R., Tran, T. A., Utomo, A., Yous, S., Grünbühel, C. M., & Cowie, A. (2024) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122536 · Cited by 269
Carbon for soils, not soils for carbon
Moinet, G. Y. K., Hijbeek, R., van Vuuren, D. P., & Giller, K. E. (2023) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.16570 · Cited by 249
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU)
Change, I. P. O. C. (2023) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009157926.009 · Cited by 339
Adapting agriculture to climate change via sustainable irrigation: biophysical potentials and feedbacks
Rosa, L. (2022) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac7408 · Cited by 282
Kicking the Habit: What Makes and Breaks Farmers' Intentions to Reduce Pesticide Use?
Bakker, L., Sok, J., van der Werf, W., & Bianchi, F. J. J. A. (2020) · Ecological Economics · doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106868 · Cited by 195
A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research
Eisenhauer, N., Schielzeth, H., Barnes, A. D., Barry, K. E., Bonn, A., Brose, U., Bruelheide, H., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Ebeling, A., et al. (2019) · Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research · doi:10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.001 · Cited by 198
Agriculture and the Disruption of Plant–Microbial Symbiosis
Porter, S. S., & Sachs, J. L. (2020) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.01.006 · Cited by 191
Prioritizing sustainable development goals and linking them to ecosystem services: A global expert's knowledge evaluation
Yang, S., Zhao, W., Liu, Y., Cherubini, F., Fu, B., & Pereira, P. A. D. S. (2020) · Geography and sustainability · doi:10.1016/j.geosus.2020.09.004 · Cited by 206
Shifting from fossil-based economy to bio-based economy: Status quo, challenges, and prospects
Yang, L., Wang, X., Dai, M., Chen, B., Qiao, Y., Deng, H., Zhang, D., Zhang, Y., Almeida, C. M. V. B., Chiu, A. S. F., et al. (2021) · Energy · doi:10.1016/j.energy.2021.120533 · Cited by 186
Meeting global challenges with regenerative agriculture producing food and energy
Moore, L. A. S., Dale, B. E., Bozzetto, S., Liebman, M., Souza, G. M., Haddad, N. M., Richard, T. L., Basso, B., Brown, R. C., Hilbert, J. A., et al. (2021) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00827-y · Cited by 165
A Planetary Health Perspective on Agroforestry in Sub-Saharan Africa
Rosenstock, T. S., Dawson, I. K., Aynekulu, E., Chomba, S., Degrande, A., Fornace, K., Jamnadass, R., Kimaro, A. A., Kindt, R., Lamanna, C. A., et al. (2019) · One Earth · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2019.10.017 · Cited by 185
Multi-Stimuli-Responsive, Topology-Regulated, and Lignin-Based Nano/Microcapsules from Pickering Emulsion Templates for Bidirectional Delivery of Pesticides
Yu, B., Cheng, J., Fang, Y., Xie, Z., Xiong, Q., Zhang, H., Shang, W., Wurm, F. R., Liang, W., Wei, F., et al. (2024) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c11621 · Cited by 161
Crop Diversification for Ensuring Sustainable Agriculture, Risk Management and Food Security
Mihrete, T. B., & Belay, F. (2025) · Global Challenges · doi:10.1002/gch2.202400267 · Cited by 205
An Integrated Weed Management framework: A pan-European perspective
Riemens, M. M., Sønderskov, M., Moonen, A., Storkey, J., & Kudsk, P. (2021) · European Journal of Agronomy · doi:10.1016/j.eja.2021.126443 · Cited by 172
Bare Earth’s Surface Spectra as a Proxy for Soil Resource Monitoring
Demattê, J. A. M., Safanelli, J. L., Poppiel, R. R., Rizzo, R., Silvero, N. E. Q., Mendes, W. D. S., Bonfatti, B. R., Dotto, A. C., Salazar, D. F. U., Mello, F. A. D. O., et al. (2020) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-020-61408-1 · Cited by 152
Crop pest responses to global changes in climate and land management
Ma, C., Wang, B., Wang, X., Lin, Q., Zhang, W., Yang, X., van Baaren, J., Bebber, D. P., Eigenbrode, S. D., Zalucki, M. P., et al. (2025) · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment · doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00652-3 · Cited by 160
Agricultural management practices in China enhance nitrogen sustainability and benefit human health
Duan, J., Liu, H., Zhang, X., Ren, C., Wang, C., Cheng, L., Xu, J. M., & Gu, B. (2024) · Nature Food · doi:10.1038/s43016-024-00953-8 · Cited by 140
The impacts of agroforestry interventions on agricultural productivity, ecosystem services, and human well-being in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
Castle, S., Miller, D. C., Ordóñez, P. J., Baylis, K., & Hughes, K. (2021) · Campbell Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/cl2.1167 · Cited by 138
Restoring Soil Fertility on Degraded Lands to Meet Food, Fuel, and Climate Security Needs via Perennialization
Mosier, S. L., Córdova, S. C., & Robertson, G. P. (2021) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.706142 · Cited by 155
Avenues for improving farming sustainability assessment with upgraded tools, sustainability framing and indicators. A review
Chopin, P., Mubaya, C. P., Descheemaeker, K., Öborn, I., & Bergkvist, G. (2021) · Agronomy for Sustainable Development · doi:10.1007/s13593-021-00674-3 · Cited by 129
Pesticides do not significantly reduce arthropod pest densities in the presence of natural enemies
Janssen, A., & van Rijn, P. C. J. (2021) · Ecology Letters · doi:10.1111/ele.13819 · Cited by 132
Rhizosphere microbial communities explain positive effects of diverse crop rotations on maize and soybean performance
Benítez, M., Ewing, P. M., Osborne, S. L., & Lehman, R. M. (2021) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108309 · Cited by 124
Transformation of agricultural landscapes in the Anthropocene: Nature's contributions to people, agriculture and food security
Vanbergen, A. J., Aizen, M. A., Cordeau, S., Garibaldi, L. A., Garratt, M. P. D., Kovács‐Hostyánszki, A., Lécuyer, L., Ngo, H. T., Potts, S. G., Settele, J., et al. (2020) · Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research · doi:10.1016/bs.aecr.2020.08.002 · Cited by 135
User-centred design of a digital advisory service: enhancing public agricultural extension for sustainable intensification in Tanzania
Ortiz-Crespo, B., Steinke, J., Quirós, C. F., van de Gevel, J., Daudi, H., Mgimiloko, M. G., & van Etten, J. (2020) · International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability · doi:10.1080/14735903.2020.1720474 · Cited by 118
Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agriculture: Their Application as Light Converters, Nanosensors, and Delivery Tools
Zhu, L., Chen, L., Gu, J. J., Ma, H., & Wu, H. (2022) · Plants · doi:10.3390/plants11040511 · Cited by 117
Beneficial soil-borne bacteria and fungi: a promising way to improve plant nitrogen acquisition
Dellagi, A., Quillere, I., & Hirel, B. (2020) · Journal of Experimental Botany · doi:10.1093/jxb/eraa112 · Cited by 116
Narrow and Brittle or Broad and Nimble? Comparing Adaptive Capacity in Simplifying and Diversifying Farming Systems
Petersen-Rockney, M., Baur, P., Guzman, A., Bender, S. F., Calo, A. J., Castillo, F., Master, K. D., Dumont, A. M., Esquivel, K., Kremen, C., et al. (2021) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi:10.3389/fsufs.2021.564900 · Cited by 139
Pesticide reduction amidst food and feed security concerns in Europe
Schneider, K., Barreiro-Hurle, J., & Rodriguez-Cerezo, E. (2023) · Nature Food · doi:10.1038/s43016-023-00834-6 · Cited by 109
Enhancing soil health through balanced fertilization: a pathway to sustainable agriculture and food security
Xing, Y., Xie, Y., & Wang, X. (2025) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2025.1536524 · Cited by 106
The impacts of agroforestry on agricultural productivity, ecosystem services, and human well-being in low-and middle-income countries: An evidence and gap map
Miller, D. C., Ordóñez, P. J., Brown, S. E., Forrest, S., Nava, N. J., Hughes, K., & Baylis, K. (2019) · Campbell Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/cl2.1066 · Cited by 104
Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?
Bakker, L., van der Werf, W., Tittonell, P. A., Wyckhuys, K. A. G., & Bianchi, F. J. J. A. (2020) · Ecology and Society · doi:10.5751/es-11814-250326 · Cited by 124
Anaerobic digestate valorization beyond agricultural application: Current status and prospects
Wang, W., Chang, J., & Lee, D. (2023) · Bioresource Technology · doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128742 · Cited by 98
Fluorescent chemosensors facilitate the visualization of plant health and their living environment in sustainable agriculture
Gao, Y.-Y., He, J., Li, X.-H., Li, J.-H., Wu, H., Wen, T., Li, J., Hao, G., & Yoon, J. (2024) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/d3cs00504f · Cited by 94
Pesticide-free but not organic: Adoption of a large-scale wheat production standard in Switzerland
Möhring, N., & Finger, R. (2021) · Food Policy · doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102188 · Cited by 94
Natural rosin modified carboxymethyl cellulose delivery system with lowered toxicity for long-term pest control
Zhao, M., Zhou, H., Hao, L., Chen, H., & Zhou, X. (2021) · Carbohydrate Polymers · doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117749 · Cited by 92
Farmers’ intention to reduce pesticide use: the role of perceived risk of loss in the model of the planned behavior theory
Damalas, C. A. (2021) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-021-13183-3 · Cited by 93
Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems
Dixon, J. M., Weerahewa, J., Hellin, J., Rola‐Rubzen, M. F., Huang, J., Kumar, S., Das, A., Qureshi, M. E., Krupnik, T. J., Shideed, K., et al. (2021) · Agricultural Systems · doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103168 · Cited by 92
CMC based microcapsules for smart delivery of pesticides with reduced risks to the environment
Zhao, M., Chen, Z., Hao, L., Chen, H., Zhou, X., & Zhou, H. (2022) · Carbohydrate Polymers · doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120260 · Cited by 94
Deciphering the Biodiversity–Production Mutualism in the Global Food Security Debate
Seppelt, R., Arndt, C., Beckmann, M., Martin, E. A., & Hertel, T. W. (2020) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.012 · Cited by 96
Agroecosystem services: A review of concepts, indicators, assessment methods and future research perspectives
Liu, Q., Sun, X. M., Wu, W., Liu, Z., Fang, G., & Yang, P. (2022) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109218 · Cited by 94
Biochar for intensification of plant-related industries to meet productivity, sustainability and economic goals: A review
Kochanek, J., Soo, R. M., Martinez, C., Dakuidreketi, A., & Mudge, A. M. (2021) · Resources Conservation and Recycling · doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106109 · Cited by 86
Experiences and challenges of agricultural development in an artificial oasis: A review
Wang, T., Wang, Z., Guo, L., Zhang, J., Li, W., He, H., Zong, R., Wang, D., Jia, Z., & Wen, Y. (2021) · Agricultural Systems · doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103220 · Cited by 83
Waste-to-nutrition: a review of current and emerging conversion pathways
Javourez, U., O’Donohue, M. J., & Hamelin, L. (2021) · Biotechnology Advances · doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107857 · Cited by 91
Substituting readily available nitrogen fertilizer with controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer improves crop yield and nitrogen uptake while mitigating environmental risks: A global meta-analysis
Zhang, Y., Ren, W., Zhu, K., Fu, J., Wang, W., Wang, Z., Gu, J., & Yang, J. (2023) · Field Crops Research · doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109221 · Cited by 83
What Socio-Economic and Political Factors Lead to Global Pesticide Dependence? A Critical Review from a Social Science Perspective
Hu, Z. (2020) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph17218119 · Cited by 81
Photosynthetic Traits and Nitrogen Uptake in Crops: Which Is the Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi?
Balestrini, R., Brunetti, C., Chitarra, W., & Nerva, L. (2020) · Plants · doi:10.3390/plants9091105 · Cited by 80
Adoption of conservation practices: what have we learned from two decades of social-psychological approaches?
Delaroche, M. (2020) · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2020.08.004 · Cited by 79
The fungicide azoxystrobin promotes freshwater cyanobacterial dominance through altering competition
Lu, T., Zhang, Q., Lavoie, M., Zhu, Y., Ye, Y., Yang, J., Paerl, H. W., Qian, H., & Zhu, Y. (2019) · Microbiome · doi:10.1186/s40168-019-0744-0 · Cited by 77
Automatic System for Crop Pest and Disease Dynamic Monitoring and Early Forecasting
Dong, Y., Xu, F., Liu, L., Du, X., Ren, B., Guo, A., Geng, Y., Ruan, C., Ye, H., Huang, W., et al. (2020) · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · doi:10.1109/jstars.2020.3013340 · Cited by 78
The economic–environmental trade-off of growing apple trees in the drylands of China: A conceptual framework for sustainable intensification
Gao, X., Zhao, X., Wu, P., Yang, M., Ye, M., Tian, L., Zou, Y., Wu, Y., Zhang, F. S., & Siddique, K. H. M. (2021) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126497 · Cited by 77
More sustainable vegetable oil: Balancing productivity with carbon storage opportunities
Alcock, T. D., Salt, D. E., Wilson, P. N., & Ramsden, S. J. (2022) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154539 · Cited by 81
Countries influence the trade-off between crop yields and nitrogen pollution
Wuepper, D., Clec’h, S. L., Zilberman, D., Mueller, N. D., & Finger, R. (2020) · Nature Food · doi:10.1038/s43016-020-00185-6 · Cited by 75
Pesticide residues in agricultural soils in light of their on-farm application history
Riedo, J., Wächter, D., Gubler, A., Wettstein, F. E., Meuli, R. G., & Bucheli, T. D. (2023) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121892 · Cited by 79
Integrated management approaches enabling sustainable rice production under alternate wetting and drying irrigation
Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Li, S., Zhu, K., Hua, X., Harrison, M. T., Liu, K., Yang, J., Liu, L., & Chen, Y. (2023) · Agricultural Water Management · doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108265 · Cited by 72
Global sustainable agriculture and land management systems
Robinson, G. M. (2024) · Geography and sustainability · doi:10.1016/j.geosus.2024.09.001 · Cited by 96
Evaluation of sustainable intensification of cultivated land use according to farming households’ livelihood types
Lyu, X., Peng, W., Niu, S., Qu, Y., & Xin, Z. (2022) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108848 · Cited by 70
Invasive bees and their impact on agriculture
Aizen, M. A., Arbetman, M. P., Chacoff, N. P., Chalcoff, V. R., Feinsinger, P., Garibaldi, L. A., Harder, L. D., Morales, C. L., Sáez, A., & Vanbergen, A. J. (2020) · Advances in ecological research/Advances in Ecological Research · doi:10.1016/bs.aecr.2020.08.001 · Cited by 74
Spatial pattern and driving factors of cropland ecosystem services in a major grain-producing region: A production-living-ecology perspective
Peng, H., Zhang, X., Ren, W., & He, J. L. (2023) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111024 · Cited by 69
The adoption of pesticide-free wheat production and farmers' perceptions of its environmental and health effects
Finger, R., & Möhring, N. (2022) · Ecological Economics · doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107463 · Cited by 70
Beyond Sustainability in Food Systems: Perspectives from Agroecology and Social Innovation
Marchetti, L., Cattivelli, V., Cocozza, C., Salbitano, F., & Marchetti, M. A. (2020) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su12187524 · Cited by 86
A typical phenomenon of cultivated land use in China's economically developed areas: Anti-intensification in Jiangsu Province
Liang, X., Jin, X., Sun, R., Han, B., Liu, J., & Zhou, Y. (2020) · Land Use Policy · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105223 · Cited by 64
The effect of industrialization and globalization on domestic land-use: A global resource footprint perspective
Dorninger, C., von Wehrden, H., Krausmann, F., Brückner, M., Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Erb, K., & Abson, D. J. (2021) · Global Environmental Change · doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102311 · Cited by 62
Early systems change necessary for catalyzing long-term sustainability in a post-2030 agenda
Moallemi, E. A., Eker, S., Gao, L., Hadjikakou, M., Liu, Q., Kwakkel, J. H., Reed, P. M., Obersteiner, M. H., Guo, Z., & Bryan, B. A. (2022) · One Earth · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.003 · Cited by 72
Do not transform food systems on the backs of the rural poor
Davis, B., Lipper, L., & Winters, P. (2022) · Food Security · doi:10.1007/s12571-021-01214-3 · Cited by 73
Metal-organic framework nanopesticide carrier for accurate pesticide delivery and decrement of groundwater pollution
Ly, N. H., Nguyen, N. B., Tran, H. N., Hoang, T. T. H., Joo, S., Vasseghian, Y., Kamyab, H., Chelliapan, S., & Klemeš, J. J. (2023) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136809 · Cited by 58
The impacts of human activities on Earth Critical Zone
Zhou, Y., & Gu, B. (2024) · Earth Critical Zone · doi:10.1016/j.ecz.2024.100004 · Cited by 64
The emergence of pesticide-free crop production systems in Europe
Finger, R., & Möhring, N. (2024) · Nature Plants · doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01650-x · Cited by 60
Evaluation of Agricultural Extension Service for Sustainable Agricultural Development Using a Hybrid Entropy and TOPSIS Method
Wang, Z., Wang, J., Zhang, G., & Wang, Z. (2021) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su13010347 · Cited by 60
Biochar's cost constraints are overcome in small‐scale farming on tropical soils in lower‐income countries
Robb, S., Joseph, S. D., Aziz, A. A., Dargusch, P., & Tisdell, C. (2020) · Land Degradation and Development · doi:10.1002/ldr.3541 · Cited by 58
Green electricity-driven simultaneous ammonia recovery and in-situ upcycling for microbial protein production
Yang, X., Jiang, Y., Zou, R., Xu, M., Su, Y., Angelidaki, İ., & Zhang, Y. (2021) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.132890 · Cited by 52
Sustainability transition pathways through ecological intensification: an assessment of vegetable food systems in Chile
Gaitán‐Cremaschi, D., Klerkx, L., Duncan, J., Trienekens, J. H., Pedreros, C. H., Dogliotti, S., Contesse, M. E., Benitez‐Altuna, F., & Rossing, W. A. H. (2020) · International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability · doi:10.1080/14735903.2020.1722561 · Cited by 56
The Development of AgriVerse: Past, Present, and Future
Kang, M., Wang, X., Wang, H., Hua, J., Reffye, P. D., & Wang, F. (2023) · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems · doi:10.1109/tsmc.2022.3230830 · Cited by 50
Sustainable intensification of agriculture: the foundation for universal food security
Denning, G. (2025) · npj Sustainable Agriculture · doi:10.1038/s44264-025-00047-3 · Cited by 48
Forage Rotations Conserve Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Fertility
Pellegrino, E., Gamper, H., Ciccolini, V., & Ercoli, L. (2020) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02969 · Cited by 43
Sustainable carbon materials in environmental and energy applications
Sun, Z., Liao, Y., Zhang, Y., Sun, S., Kan, Q., Wu, Z., Yu, L., Dong, Z., Wang, Z., He, R., et al. (2025) · Sustainable Carbon Materials · doi:10.48130/scm-0025-0002 · Cited by 51
Use, exposure, and environmental impacts of pesticides in Pakistan: a critical review
Rashid, S., Rashid, W., Tulcan, R. X. S., & Haiou, H. (2022) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-022-20164-7 · Cited by 46
Sustained Agricultural Spraying: From Leaf Wettability to Dynamic Droplet Impact Behavior
Wang, B., Wang, J., Yu, C., Luo, S., Peng, J., Li, N., Wang, T., Jiang, L., Dong, Z., & Wang, Y. (2023) · Global Challenges · doi:10.1002/gch2.202300007 · Cited by 46
Multidimensional response of dopamine nano-system for on-demand fungicides delivery: Reduced toxicity and synergistic antibacterial effects
Lu, S., Liang, B., Hu, J., Liu, Y., Yang, F., & Liu, J. (2024) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2024.148990 · Cited by 47
Past and future land use/land cover changes from multi-temporal Landsat imagery in Mpologoma catchment, eastern Uganda
Bunyangha, J., Majaliwa, M. J. G., Muthumbi, A. W. N., Gichuki, N. N., & Egeru, A. (2021) · The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science · doi:10.1016/j.ejrs.2021.02.003 · Cited by 46
Strawberry fields forever: That is, how many grams of plastics are used to grow a strawberry?
Galati, A., Sabatino, L., Prinzivalli, C., D’Anna, F., & Scalenghe, R. (2020) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111313 · Cited by 45
Flower strips adjacent to greenhouses help reduce pest populations and insecticide applications inside organic commercial greenhouses
Li, S., Jaworski, C. C., Hatt, S., Zhang, F., Desneux, N., & Wang, S. (2020) · Journal of Pest Science · doi:10.1007/s10340-020-01285-9 · Cited by 45
Agri-Food Surplus, Waste and Loss as Sustainable Biobased Ingredients: A Review
Rodrigues, J. P. B., Liberal, Â., Petropoulos, S. A., Ferreira, I. C. F. R., Oliveira, M. B. P. P., Fernandes, Â. S. F., & Barros, L. (2022) · Molecules · doi:10.3390/molecules27165200 · Cited by 45
Policy Change Through Negotiated Agreements: The Case of Greening Swiss Agricultural Policy
Metz, F., Lieberherr, E., Schmucki, A., & Huber, R. (2020) · Policy Studies Journal · doi:10.1111/psj.12417 · Cited by 44

Authors: Pretty, J.
Affiliations: University of Essex (GB)
Corresponding author: Pretty, Jules
ORCID: Pretty, Jules
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2018-11-23
Volume: 362
Issue: 6417
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.aav0294
OpenAlex: W2901471486
Cited by: 655
References: 56
Citations by year: 2026: 116 · 2025: 131 · 2024: 112 · 2023: 76 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 77 · 2020: 61 · 2019: 19
FWCI: 3.29
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
doi.org
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Open Access at Essex (University of Essex) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant and soil sciences
Keywords: sustainable intensification, biodiversity conservation, integrated pest management, agroforestry, irrigation management, smallholder farming, food security, Sustainable Development Goals, environmental impact of agriculture
MeSH terms: Crop Production, Sustainable Development, Food Supply, Pest Control, Pesticides, Trees, United Nations, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Agricultural Irrigation

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review

Intensification for redesigned and sustainable agricultural systems

Abstract

Overview

Integrity signals

Verification

Claims the paper makes

Claims other papers make about this one

Self-check

Citations

Cites

Cited by

Related

Metadata

Record

About these checks