Kennady Vijayalakshmy¹, Sharmistha Chakraborty², Jyotsnarani Biswal³, and Habibar Rahman⁴*

¹Research Officer, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), South Asia Office, New Delhi, India
²Consultant, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), South Asia Office, New Delhi, India
³Consultant, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), South Asia Office, New Delhi, India
⁴Regional Representative for South Asia, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), South Asia Office, New Delhi, India

*Corresponding Author: Habibar Rahman, Research and Regional Communications Officer, South Asia and International Livestock Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

Received: December 14, 2022; Published: January 17, 2023

Abstract

Food production systems are intensified because of various acts taken by people on an individual, community, or organisational level. The need for intensification in the form of greater output is most pressing when the food supply needs to be increased, such as during periods of high population growth. When social or environmental problems are involved, intensification that uses resources more effectively may be more important. In either case, changes brought about by intensification should be cognitively understood as opposed to extensive modifications, which involve either a rise or fall in the number of inputs utilised. The necessity of sustainable intensification of food production systems is emphasised in this assessment, along with its benefits and drawbacks.

Keywords: Crop; Food Security; Intensification; Livestock; Production Systems

References

1. Alexandratos N and Bruinsma J. “World agriculture towards 2030/2050. The 2012 revision”. ESA Working Paper No. 12-03, (2012).
2. Buckwell A., et al. “The Sustainable Intensification of European Agriculture”. A review sponsored by The Rise Foundation (2014): 98.
3. Beyond factory farming: sustainable solutions for animals, people and the planet Godalming, surrey: compassion in world farming. Godalming, UK: CIWF (2009).
4. Sustainable intensification: an oxymoron. Godalming, UK: Compassion in World Farming (2012).
5. Cook BI. al. “Spatiotemporal drought variability in the Mediterranean over the last 900 years”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere 121 (2016): 2060-2074.
6. “The Future of Food and Agriculture: Alternative Pathways to 2050”. Food and Agriculture Organization (2018): 228.
7. Garnett T., et al. “Sustainable intensification in agriculture: Premises and policies”. Science 341 (2013): 33-34.
8. Godfray H C J. “The debate over sustainable intensification”. Food Security 7 (2015): 199-208.
9. Jat ML., et al. “Climate change and agriculture: Adaptation strategies and mitigation opportunities for food security in South Asia and Latin America”. Advances in Agronomy 137 (2016): 127-235.
10. Martha GB., al. “Land-saving approaches and beef production growth in Brazil”. Agricultural System 110 (2012): 173-177.
11. Palm CA., et al. “Identifying potential synergies and trade-offs for meeting food security and climate change objectives in Sub-Saharan Africa”. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (2010): 19661- 19666.
12. Pradhan P., al. “Closing yield gaps: How sustainable can we be?”. PLoS One 10 (2015): 1-18.
13. Pretty J. “Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles, and evidence”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Science 363 (2008): 447-466
14. Pretty J., et al. “Global assessment of agricultural system redesign for sustainable intensification”. Nature Sustainability 1 (2018): 441-446.
15. Robinson LW., al. “Sustainable intensification in drylands: What resilience and vulnerability can tell us”. Agricultural System 135 (2015): 133-140.
16. Sapkota TB., al. “Reducing global warming potential through sustainable intensification of Basmati rice-wheat systems in India”. Sustainability 9 (2017): 1-17.
17. Vanlauwe B., et al. “Sustainable intensification and the African smallholder farmer”. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 8 (2014): 15-22.
18. Wollenberg, E. et al. “Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target”. Global Change Biology 22 (2016): 1-6.

Citation

Citation: Kennady Vijayalakshmy., et al. “Intensification of Food Production Systems: A Boon or a Bane?".Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 5.2 (2023): 37-42.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Habibar Rahman., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.