Food production, crops and sustainability: Restoring confidence in science and technology

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 439-443

  Spiertz, Huub ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REGULATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78649852163     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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