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Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Andrew Hultgren
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2
Anam Saleem
COMSATS University Islamabad
3
Gloria Fackelmann
University of Trento
4
Andrew J. Stout
Tufts University
5
Rachel Mazac
University of Helsinki
6
Rose Daphnee Tchonkouang
Sustainability Institute
7
Marcel Pointke
University of Göttingen
8
Assa Nsabiyeze
China Agricultural University
9
Catherine Ivanovich
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
10
Pelle Sinke
Delft University of Technology

Papers

1
Securing a sustainable future: the climate change threat to agriculture, food security, and sustainable development goals
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences|2024
253 cit.
2
Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation
Nature|2025
231 cit.
3
Publication in The Science of The Total Environment (2024) [187 citations, W4391896453]
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
187 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Microbiology (2025) [114 citations, W4406114912]
Nature Microbiology|2025
114 cit.
5
Tackling climate change in agriculture: A global evaluation of the effectiveness of carbon emission reduction policies
Journal of Cleaner Production|2024
106 cit.
6
Subseasonal Variability of Humid Heat During the South Asian Summer Monsoon
Geophysical Research Letters|2024
30 cit.
7
Engineered autocrine signaling eliminates muscle cell FGF2 requirements for cultured meat production
Cell Reports Sustainability|2024
23 cit.
8
Assessing the sustainability of cultured meat in optimized Danish diets
Sustainable Production and Consumption|2024
13 cit.
9
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from sheep production system in China: An integrated approach of data envelopment analysis and life cycle assessment
Resources Conservation and Recycling|2024
13 cit.
10
Precision livestock farming for climate-resilient livestock management: a review of real-time monitoring and decision support systems
Journal of Cleaner Production|2025
13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Yashar Saghai
University of Twente
2
Karli Verghese
RMIT University
3
Lucy Young
WWF-UK
4
Hanna L. Tuomisto
University of Helsinki
5
Sara Grafenauer
UNSW Sydney
6
Rubén Aldaco
Universidad de Cantabria
7
Panagiota Moutsatsou
Maastricht University
8
Tara Garnett
University of Oxford
9
Yong Hou
China Agricultural University
10
Brian Tse
Department of Health

Papers

1
Incorporation of novel foods in European diets can reduce global warming potential, water use and land use by over 80%
Nature Food|2022
165 cit.
2
Towards resource-efficient and cost-efficient cultured meat
Current Opinion in Food Science|2022
121 cit.
3
Development of a Chemically Defined Medium for in vitro Expansion of Primary Bovine Satellite Cells
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology|2022
117 cit.
4
Prospective life cycle assessment of a bioprocess design for cultured meat production in hollow fiber bioreactors
The Science of The Total Environment|2022
107 cit.
5
Green rebranding: Regenerative agriculture, future‐pasts, and the naturalisation of livestock
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers|2022
73 cit.
6
Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
Journal of Cleaner Production|2022
70 cit.
7
Vertical farming: A trade-off between land area need for crops and for renewable energy production
Journal of Cleaner Production|2022
65 cit.
8
Environmental and nutritional Life Cycle Assessment of novel foods in meals as transformative food for the future
The Science of The Total Environment|2023
65 cit.
9
The Triple Challenge: synergies, trade-offs and integrated responses for climate, biodiversity, and human wellbeing goals
Climate Policy|2023
53 cit.
10
Life-cycle assessment of yeast-based single-cell protein production with oat processing side-stream
The Science of The Total Environment|2023
43 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Thomas Nemecek
Agroscope
2
Arjen Y. Hoekstra
University of Twente
3
I.J.M. de Boer
Wageningen University & Research
4
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University
5
Pete Smith
University of Aberdeen
6
Walter C. Willett
Harvard University
7
Michael Clark
University of Oxford
8
Peter Scarborough
Nuffield Health
9
Jeffrey I. Gordon
Washington University in St. Louis
10
Adrian Leip
Joint Research Centre

Papers

1
An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest
Nature|2006
12.4k cit.
2
Human gut microbes associated with obesity
Nature|2006
8.8k cit.
3
A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins
Nature|2008
7.9k cit.
4
Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography
Nature|2012
7.9k cit.
5
The gut microbiota as an environmental factor that regulates fat storage
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2004
6.2k cit.
6
Obesity alters gut microbial ecology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2005
6.1k cit.
7
The Human Microbiome Project
Nature|2007
6.1k cit.
8
Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers
Science|2018
5.8k cit.
9
Four billion people facing severe water scarcity
Science Advances|2016
5.3k cit.
10
REPRODUCIBILITY AND VALIDITY OF A SEMIQUANTITATIVE FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE
American Journal of Epidemiology|1985
4.3k cit.

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