A plea for alternative framings of sustainable intensification

Picture copyright Struik and Kuyper

Current agronomy and the concept of sustainable intensification are contested. Sustainable intensification requires radical transformations in the social and economic organisation of agriculture. It also requires clarity about what can and should be intensified, with the aim of making agronomy “green again”. For that to occur, scientists Struik and Kuyper reckon two trends must coincide: sustainable de-intensification in the industrial agriculture of the north and sustainable intensification of the low-input agriculture of the south.

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.