Can organic agriculture feed the world?

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-86

  Badgley, Catherine ^a   Perfecto, Ivette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; GREEN REVOLUTION; ORGANIC FARMING;

EID: 34547420767     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001986     Document Type: Article

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