Global impacts of European Agricultural and biofuel policies

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Prins, Anne Gerdien ^a   Eickhout, Bas ^a,b   Banse, Martin ^c,d   van Meijl, Hans ^c   Rienks, Willem ^e   Woltjer, Geert ^c  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b European Parliament ^*

^c Agricultural Economics Institute (LEI)

^d THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural income; Biodiversity; Biofuels; CAP reform; Land use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL REFORM; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79954563564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03760-160149     Document Type: Article

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