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dc.contributor.authorBILLEN Gillesen_GB
dc.contributor.authorAGUILERA Eduardoen_GB
dc.contributor.authorEINARSSON Rasmusen_GB
dc.contributor.authorGARNIER Josetteen_GB
dc.contributor.authorGINGRICH Simoneen_GB
dc.contributor.authorGRIZZETTI Brunaen_GB
dc.contributor.authorLASSALETTA Luisen_GB
dc.contributor.authorLE NOË Juliaen_GB
dc.contributor.authorSANZ-COBENA Albertoen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-07en_GB
dc.date.available2021-12-07en_GB
dc.date.created2021-11-30en_GB
dc.date.issued2021en_GB
dc.date.submitted2021-01-05en_GB
dc.description.abstractAfter World War II, the evolution of Europe's agro-food system has been marked by intensified use of synthetic fertilizers, territorial specialization, and integration in global food and feed markets. This evolution led to increased nitrogen (N) losses to aquatic environments and the atmosphere, which, despite increasing environmental regulations, continues to harm ecosystems and human well-being. Here, we explore how these N losses can be drastically reduced in a scenario synergistically operating three levers: (1) a dietary change toward less animal products and an efficient recycling of human excreta; (2) the generalization of region-specific organic crop rotation systems involving N2-fixing legumes, making it possible to do without synthetic N fertilizers; and (3) the reconnection of livestock with cropping systems allowing optimal use of manure. This scenario demonstrates the possibility to feed the projected European population in 2050 without imports of feed and with half the current level of environmental N losses.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipJRC.D.2 - Water and Marine Resourcesen_GB
dc.format.mediumOnlineen_GB
dc.identifier.citationBillen, G., Aguilera, E., Einarsson, R., Garnier, J., Gingrich, S., Grizzetti, B., Lassaletta, L., Le Noë, J. and Sanz-Cobena, A., Reshaping the European agro-food system and closing its nitrogen cycle: the potential of combining dietary change, agroecology, and circularity, ONE EARTH, 2021, ISSN 2590-3322 (online),2590-3330 (print), 4 (6), p. 839-850, JRC123720.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn2590-3322 (online)en_GB
dc.identifier.issn2590-3330 (print)en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S259033222100289X?via%3Dihuben_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC123720en_GB
dc.languageENGen_GB
dc.publisherELSEVIERen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJRC123720en_GB
dc.titleReshaping the European agro-food system and closing its nitrogen cycle: the potential of combining dietary change, agroecology, and circularityen_GB
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