Spatial decoupling of agricultural production and consumption: Quantifying dependences of countries on food imports due to domestic land and water constraints

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fader, Marianela ^a,d   Gerten, Dieter ^a   Krause, Michael ^b   Lucht, Wolfgang ^a,c   Cramer, Wolfgang ^d  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Austrian Federal Forest Joint Stock Company   (Austria)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

agriculture; planetary boundaries; trade; virtual water; water productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; CROPS; ECONOMICS; EXPANSION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTERNAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POPULATION GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84876185173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014046     Document Type: Article

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