Opportunities and challenges of sustainable agricultural development in China

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1492, 2008, Pages 893-904

  Zhao, Jingzhu ^a   Luo, Qishan ^a   Deng, Hongbing ^a   Yan, Yan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Food security; Strategy; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 40949133285     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2190     Document Type: Review

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