Global food supply: A challenge for sustainable agriculture

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-421

  Leaver, J D ^a  

^a ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food supply; Global population; Sustainability; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755126921     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2011.01925.x     Document Type: Article

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