It could be a wonderful world -- Twenty-first century agriculture and food -- The sustainable intensification of agriculture -- Does sustainable intensification work? -- Sustainable intensification on smaller farms in developing countries -- Sustainable intensification in industrialised...

A variety of global metrics indicate the Earth has overshot its capacity to supply source and sink resources without substantial negative feedback. Here the relationship between consumption indicators (oil, freshwater, vehicle and meat consumption, GDP, <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$\mathrm{CO }_{2}$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mrow> <msub> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">CO</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation>

Economic systems at all levels rely for their success on the value of services flowing from the stock of total assets which comprise five types of capital: natural, social, human, physical and financial. Sustainable systems accumulate stocks of these five assets, so increasing the capital base...