Sustainable agricultural intensification is defined as producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts and at the same time increasing contributions to natural capital and the flow of environmental services. This will require more use to be made of existing knowledge and technologies to raise yields, increase input efficiency and improve sustainability, which, in turn, requires the reinvigoration of agricultural extension services around the world in order to build human and social capital. New knowledge is also required for the food system to become more sustainable, to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and to address the needs of the world’s poorest. No single technology or intervention will provide all of the answers, but real gains will be made by combining biotechnological, agronomic and agro-ecological approaches
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