General trends of technological changes in agriculture

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-282

  Giampietro, Mario ^a   Bukkens, Sandra G F ^a,b   Pimentel, David ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic pressure; Labor in biophysical constraints; Socio economic pressure; Technological changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033056813     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(99)00366-4     Document Type: Review

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