Drivers of change in global agriculture

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1491, 2008, Pages 495-515

  Hazell, Peter ^a   Wood, Stanley ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Natural resource management; Sustainable development; World food situation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBALIZATION; LAND USE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40949097282     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2166     Document Type: Article

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