Cultivated land conversion and potential agricultural productivity in China

Land Use Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-384

  Deng, Xiangzheng ^a   Huang, Jikun ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Uchida, Emi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cultivated land; Land use changes; Potential agricultural productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745676599     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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