Alternative agriculture in an energy- and resource-depleting future

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-89

  Kirschenmann, Frederick ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro ecology; Biodiversity; Industrial agriculture; Population growth; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOOD SECURITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SPECIALIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77952368662     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170510000141     Document Type: Review

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