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Crop Production - General
The sweeping intensification of agriculture – using an industrial model that grows annual crops in monoculture, using heavy inputs of fossil fuel, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides – has had dramatic impacts on the diversity, composition and functioning of natural ecosystems throughout the world.

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Reports & Other Documents

  • Agriculture and Biodiversity Loss: Industrial Agriculture
    C. Picone and D. Van Tassel. In: Life on Earth: An Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution; 2002.

  • Development, Productivity, and Sustainability of Crop Production
    M.J. Chrispeels and D. Sadava. Chapter 3 in: Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology; Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2002.
    • Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  • Global consequences of land use
    J.A. Foley, et al. Science; July 22, 2005.

  • Farming and the fate of wild nature
    R.E. Green, et al. Science, January 2005.

  • Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices
    D. Tilman, et al. Nature; March 27, 2003.
    • ... more

    Relevant Organizations

  • Agricultural Research Service (USDA)
    National Program on Crop Production

  • Crop and Grassland Service (FAO)

  • The Land Institute
    • ... more

    Additional Tools & Resources

  • USDA collection of resources and information about crop production

  • FAOSTAT
    Database of crop production statistics from Food and Agriculture Organization.
     

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