Agriculture: What next for agriculture after Durban?

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6066, 2012, Pages 289-290

  Beddington, J R ^a   Asaduzzaman, M ^b   Clark, M E ^c   Fernandez Bremauntz A ^d   Guillou, M D ^e   Howlett, D J B ^f   Jahn, M M ^g   Lin, E ^h   Mamo, T ⁱ   Negra, C ^j   Nobre, C A ^k   Scholes, R J ^l   Van Bo, N ^m   Wakhungu, J ⁿ  

^a Government Office of Science   (United Kingdom)

^b Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (Bangladesh)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^e French National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

ⁱ Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^j Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change ^*  (United States)

^k Ministry of Science   (Brazil)

^l DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^m Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Science   (Viet Nam)

ⁿ African Center for Technology Studies   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; POPULATION GROWTH;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; AGROFORESTRY; ANIMAL FOOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMER; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; EATING HABIT; ECOSYSTEM; FIBER; FLOODING; FOOD; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; GRAIN; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDUSTRY; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WATER SUPPLY;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84856077959     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1217941     Document Type: Short Survey

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