Is There a Need for a More Sustainable Agriculture?

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 6-23

  Gomiero, Tiziano ^a   Pimentel, David ^b   Paoletti, Maurizio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Environmental impact; Food security; Multi criteria; Multifunctionality; Natural resources; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956100409     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.553515     Document Type: Review

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