Agricultural innovation to protect the environment

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

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8345-8348

  Sayer, Jeffrey ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; LAND USE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 84878141258     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208054110     Document Type: Review

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