Solutions for a cultivated planet

Nature

Volumn 478, Issue 7369, 2011, Pages 337-342

  Foley, Jonathan A ^a   Ramankutty, Navin ^b   Brauman, Kate A ^a   Cassidy, Emily S ^a   Gerber, James S ^a   Johnston, Matt ^a   Mueller, Nathaniel D ^a   O'Connell, Christine ^a   Ray, Deepak K ^a   West, Paul C ^a   Balzer, Christian ^c   Bennett, Elena M ^d   Carpenter, Stephen R ^e   Hill, Jason ^a   Monfreda, Chad ^f   Polasky, Stephen ^a   Rockström, Johan ^g   Sheehan, John ^a   Siebert, Stefan ^h   Tilman, David ^a   Zaks, David P M ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; LAND DEGRADATION; MALNUTRITION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RICE; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 80054981256     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10452     Document Type: Article

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