The transition to agricultural sustainability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5960-5967

  Ruttan, Vernon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033065304     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.11.5960     Document Type: Article

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