A water resources threshold and its implications for food security

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3048-3054

  Yang, Hong ^a   Reichert, Peter ^a   Abbaspour, Karim C ^a   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROUNDWATER; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

WATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER;

CEREAL; FOOD SECURITY; IMPORT; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CEREAL; FOOD; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLICY; POPULATION GROWTH; STARVATION; WATER DEFICIT; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ASIA; CEREALS; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 0037781949     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0263689     Document Type: Article

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