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ArticleNature food2025

Labour market evolution is a key determinant of global agroeconomic and environmental futures.

Di Sheng, James A Edmonds, Pralit Patel, Stephanie T Waldhoff, Brian C O'Neill, Marshall A Wise, Xin Zhao

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Article in Nature food, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Di ShengJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-7567-380X
James A EdmondsJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA.
Pralit PatelJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA.
Stephanie T WaldhoffJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA.
Brian C O'NeillJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7505-8897
Marshall A WiseJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2718-0051
Xin ZhaoJoint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, USA. xin.zhao@pnnl.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-1801-4393

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term labour market evolution shapes agricultural transformation through labour productivity growth and labour market transitions. Despite its importance in agricultural production, labour has been overlooked when exploring the agrifood-water-environment-climate nexus. Here we incorporate evolving labour markets into multisector dynamic modelling to examine their agroeconomic and environmental implications. Our projections show that the recent decline of global agricultural employment persists, with an estimated decadal decrease of 43 million people by 2100, strengthening the decoupling of labour from production. Exploring scenarios with varying labour productivity and supply factors, we also show a positive relationship between productivity-adjusted labour supply and agricultural emissions, with more pronounced and heterogeneous regional and sectoral responses. While highlighting the pressing need to capture labour dynamics in integrated human-Earth systems, our study lays the foundation for further investigation into labour market responses and feedback in broader scenarios.

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