Course literature BI1396 Sustainable production systems in a global perspective

Literature marked with * will be available on the course web pages (Canvas)

Compulsory literature

Books

Martiin, C., 2013. The world of agricultural economics: an introduction. Routledge textbooks in environmental and agricultural economics, 8. London: Routledge.

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/slub-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1170349

Reading instructions:

Background knowledge (chapters 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 20 and 21)

Mechanization lecture (chapters 3, 5, 17 and 18)

Production chain assignment (chapters 4, 13-16)

Comparing regions assignment (chapters 6-9)

Farm e-case assignment (chapters 17-19)

Individual assignment (chapter 19)

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Morse, S., 2010. Sustainability. A biological perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University press.

http://site.ebrary.com/lib/slub/docDetail.action?docID=10399273

Reading instructions: Read chapter 5.

Articles, reports

Cordell, D., Drangert, J.-O. and White, S., 2009. The story of phosphorus: Global food security and food for thought. Global Environmental Change 19: 292–305. *

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.10.009

FAO, 2014. SAFA Guidelines, Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems. Version3.0. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. https://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/en/c/284657/

FAO, 2018. Transforming food and agriculture to achieve the SDGs. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
https://www.fao.org/3/I9900EN/i9900en.pdf
Technical reference document https://www.fao.org/3/CA1647EN/ca1647en.pdf

FAO, 2014. Sustainability pathways, 12 issue fact sheets. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/nr/sustainability/fact-sheets/en/

* FAO, 2009. High-level expert forum – how to feed the world in 2050. Food and agriculture organization, Rome.

* FAO, 2010. “Climate-Smart” Agriculture. Policies, Practices and Financing for Food Security, Adaptation and Mitigation. Food and agriculture organization, Rome.

* Foley, J.A. et al, 2011. Solutions for a cultivated planet. Nature 478, 337-342. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10452

* Rockström J. et al, 2009. A safe operating space for humanity. Nature 461: 472-475 ( 4 pages) https://www.nature.com/articles/461472a

* Steffen W. et al, 2015. Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science 347: 736-+. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/1259855

* Lalasz, B. 2013. Debate: What good are planetary boundaries?, Cool Green Science https://blog.nature.org/science/2013/03/25/debate-what-good-are-planetary-boundaries/

* Richardson, K., W. Steffen, W. Lucht, J. Bendtsen, S. E. Cornell, J. F. Donges, M. Drüke, I. Fetzer, G. Bala, W. von Bloh, G. Feulner, S. Fiedler, D. Gerten, T. Gleeson, M. Hofmann, W. Huiskamp, M. Kummu, C. Mohan, D. Nogués-Bravo, S. Petri, M. Porkka, S. Rahmstorf, S. Schaphoff, K. Thonicke, A. Tobian, V. Virkki, L. Wang-Erlandsson, L. Weber and J. Rockström (2023). Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries. Science Advances 9(37): eadh2458. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh2458

* Ryschawy, J. et al, 2012. Mixed crop-livestock systems: an economic and environmental-friendly way of farming? animal 6, 1722-1730. (9 pages) https://doi.org/10.1017/s1751731112000675

* Seibutis, V., K. Tamošiūnas, I. Deveikytė, G. Kadžienė and R. Semaškienė (2025). Earthworm population response to simplified tillage and shortened crop rotations in a central lithuanian cambisol: A five-year study. Agriculture 15(4): 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture15040366

* Woods J. et al, 2010. Energy and the food system. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society 365, 2991-3006. (16 pages) https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0172

* World Bank, 2010. Farm mechanization: a new challenge for agriculture in low and middle income countries of Europe and Central Asia. Regional review. The world bank organization, Washington D.C. (86 pages)

WWF, 2020. Living Planet Report 2020. Bending the curve of biodiversity loss. WWF, Gland, Switzerland (Chapter 1 and 2, page 1 – 73). https://wwwwwfse.cdn.triggerfish.cloud/uploads/2020/09/lpr20_full-report_pages.pdf

* Öborn, I. et al, 2011. Future Agriculture – five scenarios for 2050. Conditions for agriculture and land use. Report. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. (30 pages) https://www.slu.se/centrumbildningar-och-projekt/futurefood/publikationer/framtidens-lantbruk/five-scenarios-for-2050--conditions-for-agriculture-and-land-use/

FAO, International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food), From uniformity to diversity, A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems. IPES Food, 2016, http://www.ipes-food.org/_img/upload/files/UniformityToDiversity_FULL.pdf

Shifting diets. Toward a sustainable food future. Ranganathan et al. 2016 https://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/130216/filename/130427.pdf FAO, 2017. Guidelines for environmental quantification of nutrient flows and impact assessment in livestock supply chains. Draft for public review. Livestock Environmental 12 Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership. FAO, Rome, Italy.