Sustainability of agriculture: Issues, observations and outlook

Journal of Crop Improvement

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-24

  Nelson, C Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biotechnology; Eco friendly; Energy; Environment friendly; Global climate change; Precision agriculture; Sustainability; Water; WTO GATT

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247546539     PISSN: 15427528     EISSN: 15427536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J411v19n01_01     Document Type: Review

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