Camilla Toulmin

TL;DR: A multifaceted and linked global strategy is needed to ensure sustainable and equitable food security, different components of which are explored here.

TL;DR: Clearer understanding is needed of the premises underlying SI and how it relates to food-system priorities and climate change poses challenges to agriculture.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report that food outputs by sustainable intensification have been multiplicative and additive, by combining the use of new and improved varieties and new agronomic agroecological management (crop yields rose on average by 2.13-fold).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that major improvements are needed to the way that scientific research is funded and used, and that sustainable intensification of crop production requires a clear definition of agricultural sustainability.

TL;DR: The collected papers suggest that major advances in sustainable food production and availability can be achieved with the concerted application of current technologies (given sufficient political will), and the importance of investing in research sooner rather than later to enable the food system to cope with both known and unknown challenges in the coming decades.