Global changes in diets and the consequences for land requirements for food

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6868-6872

  Kastner, Thomas ^a,b   Rivas, Maria Jose Ibarrola ^a   Koch, Wolfgang ^c   Nonhebel, Sanderine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decomposition analysis; Global analysis; Historical trends; Land use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DIET; FOOD; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN; LAND USE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84860832669     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117054109     Document Type: Article

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