“Sustainable crop intensification: from concept to real world examples” by Dr. Patricio Grassini at the 2023 Water for Food Global Conference. A recording of the presentation can be found on the conference playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSBeKOIXsg3JNyPowwJj6NDSpx4vlnCYj.

1. Sustainable crop
intensification: from concept
to real world examples
2023 Water For Food Global Conference
Lincoln, Nebraska, May 8-9

2. The Economist, May 2022

3. Adaptado de Cassman & Grassini (Nature Sustainability, 2020)

4. Land clearing for agriculture (Photo: P. Grassini)

6. Meeting future demand for food
without massive expansión of cropland
will require sustainable intensification
of current crop systems so that each
piece of exisiting cropland produces
near its potential while minimizing the
environmental impact and preserving
the resource base (soil, water)**
** Intensification is needed but not sufficient by itself to reach the desirable level of food security and
environmental protection, which also requires proper policy, insitutitions, and enforcement.

7. The session will showcase “real world’ examples
of sustainable intensification:
- Oil palm in Indonesia
- Wheat in the Great Plains
- Soybean in Brazil
- Maize-based systems in Africa
- Rice in Asia (changed to soybean in the US Corn Belt)
THIS SESSION