Towards the real green revolution? Exploring the conceptual dimensions of a new ecological modernisation of agriculture that could 'feed the world'

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 441-452

  Horlings, L G ^a   Marsden, T K ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agro ecology; Eco economy; Ecological modernisation; Food production; Food regime; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD PRODUCTION; GREEN REVOLUTION; MODERNIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; CHINA;

EID: 79956284150     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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