{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["6"],"submitter":["Liu J"],"pubmed_abstract":["Reactive nitrogen (N) is created in order to sustain food production, but only a small fraction of this N ends up being consumed as food, the rest being lost to the environment. We calculated that the total N input (TN) of global food production was 171 Tg N yr(-1) in 2000. The production of animal products accounted for over 50% of the TN, against 17% for global calories production. Under current TN per unit of food production and assuming no change in agricultural practices and waste-to-food ratios, we estimate that an additional TN of 100 Tg N yr(-1) will be needed by 2030 for a baseline scenario that would meet hunger alleviation targets for over 9 billion people. Increased animal production will have the largest impact on increasing TN, which calls for new food production systems with"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["30104"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4957089"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Reducing human nitrogen use for food production."],"pmcid":["PMC4957089"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu J","Ciais P","Polasky S","Ma K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Reducing human nitrogen use for food production.","description":"Reactive nitrogen (N) is created in order to sustain food production, but only a small fraction of this N ends up being consumed as food, the rest being lost to the environment. We calculated that the total N input (TN) of global food production was 171 Tg N yr(-1) in 2000. The production of animal products accounted for over 50% of the TN, against 17% for global calories production. Under current TN per unit of food production and assuming no change in agricultural practices and waste-to-food ratios, we estimate that an additional TN of 100 Tg N yr(-1) will be needed by 2030 for a baseline scenario that would meet hunger alleviation targets for over 9 billion people. Increased animal production will have the largest impact on increasing TN, which calls for new food production systems with","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Jul","modification":"2026-05-29T20:35:00.064Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:18:56Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4957089","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27445108"],"doi":["10.1038/srep30104"]}}