Agricultural productivity and greenhouse gas emissions: Trade-offs or synergies between mitigation and food security?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Valin, H ^a   Havlik P ^a,b   Mosnier, A ^a   Herrero, M ^b,c   Schmid, E ^d   Obersteiner, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

food security; greenhouse gas mitigation; livestock productivity; yield gap

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLY; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; AGRICULTURE-RELATED; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; YIELD GAP;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNERGISM; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84885443853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035019     Document Type: Article

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