Pilot Analysis Of Global Ecosystems: Agroecosystems

A joint study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Resources Institute analyzing the condition of global agroecosystems, finding that food production growth has occurred at the expense of biodiversity, water quality, carbon storage, and soil health.

• While global food production has kept pace with population growth, it has caused significant environmental degradation, including the conversion of 20 to 30 percent of global forest areas into agricultural land, leading to extensive habitat and species loss.
• Soil degradation is widespread, specifically regarding salinization, which has damaged 45 million hectares of agricultural land (approximately 20 percent of total irrigated land), with an additional 1.5 million hectares damaged annually.
• Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of annual human freshwater withdrawals. Irrigation is depleting water tables faster than rainfall can replenish them, and fertilizers and pesticides are polluting water sources.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Pilot Analysis Of Global Ecosystems: Agroecosystems. https://www.wri.org/research/pilot-analysis-global-ecosystems-agroecosystems

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Pilot Analysis Of Global Ecosystems: Agroecosystems. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/pilot-analysis-global-ecosystems-agroecosystems.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendpilot, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Pilot Analysis Of Global Ecosystems: Agroecosystems}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/pilot-analysis-global-ecosystems-agroecosystems}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }