Strategies and models for agricultural sustainability in developing Asian countries

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1492, 2008, Pages 877-891

  Kesavan, P C ^a   Swaminathan, M S ^a  

^a M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability in developing countries; Evergreen revolution; Reconciling agriculture and ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING WORLD; GREEN REVOLUTION; INCOME; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MODELING; RURAL POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ASIA; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 40949087165     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2189     Document Type: Review

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