Energy and resource constraints on intensive agricultural production

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-123

  Naylor, Rosamond L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diminishing factor returns; Externalities; Green Revolution; Sustainability; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCES; PRODUCTIVITY;

DIMINISHING FACTOR RETURNS; SUSTAINABILITY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030411743     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.21.1.99     Document Type: Article

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