What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems?

The total amount of cropland across the globe is likely to expand over the next three decades due to rising demand for food along with feed for livestock. Pasture will likely be stable or contract as livestock production continues to shift away from grazing and toward intensive use of feed and tran...

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Autores principales: Robertson, Richard D., Cenacchi, Nicola, Mishra, Abhijeet
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175231
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description The total amount of cropland across the globe is likely to expand over the next three decades due to rising demand for food along with feed for livestock. Pasture will likely be stable or contract as livestock production continues to shift away from grazing and toward intensive use of feed and transported fodder. Climate change will increase the overall challenge and drive additional cropland expansion by generally reducing potential yields, although some crops and locations will benefit (typically higher latitudes and, to a lesser extent, higher elevations). Natural land will be displaced by cropland in some areas. In particular, forests in the tropics are at greater risk of conversion than in other regions. Beyond cropland incursion, the types, mixes, and footprints of natural vegetation may be affected by climate change.
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spelling CGSpace1752312025-11-06T03:54:15Z What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems? Robertson, Richard D. Cenacchi, Nicola Mishra, Abhijeet land food systems land use farmland intensive farming climate change land-use change deforestation modelling The total amount of cropland across the globe is likely to expand over the next three decades due to rising demand for food along with feed for livestock. Pasture will likely be stable or contract as livestock production continues to shift away from grazing and toward intensive use of feed and transported fodder. Climate change will increase the overall challenge and drive additional cropland expansion by generally reducing potential yields, although some crops and locations will benefit (typically higher latitudes and, to a lesser extent, higher elevations). Natural land will be displaced by cropland in some areas. In particular, forests in the tropics are at greater risk of conversion than in other regions. Beyond cropland incursion, the types, mixes, and footprints of natural vegetation may be affected by climate change. 2025-07-21 2025-06-20T19:36:55Z 2025-06-20T19:36:55Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175231 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175019 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Robertson, Richard D.; Cenacchi, Nicola; and Mishra, Abhijeet. 2025. What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems? In What do we know about the future of food systems? eds. Keith Wiebe and Elisabetta Gotor. Part One: What Do We Know About the Future of Food Systems Drivers and Impacts? Chapter 9, Pp. 50-53. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175231
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food systems
land use
farmland
intensive farming
climate change
land-use change
deforestation
modelling
Robertson, Richard D.
Cenacchi, Nicola
Mishra, Abhijeet
What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems?
title What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems?
title_full What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems?
title_fullStr What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems?
title_full_unstemmed What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems?
title_short What do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems?
title_sort what do we know about the future of land in relation to food systems
topic land
food systems
land use
farmland
intensive farming
climate change
land-use change
deforestation
modelling
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175231
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