Food security and fossil energy dependence: An international comparison of the use of fossil energy in agriculture (1991-2003)

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 45-63

  Arizpe, Nancy ^a   Giampietro, Mario ^b   Ramos Martin, Jesus ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Bio economic pressure; Demographic pressure; Energy analysis of food production; Energy output input; Fossil energy in agriculture; International comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956160256     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.554352     Document Type: Article

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