The global supply and demand for agricultural land in 2050: A perfect storm in the making?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-275

  Hertel, Thomas W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBALIZATION;

EID: 79960056209     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq189     Document Type: Article

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