Food security, climate change, and sustainable land management. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 635-650

  Branca, Giacomo ^a   Lipper, Leslie ^b   McCarthy, Nancy ^c   Jolejole, Maria Christina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c LEAD Analytics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Crop yields; Food security; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; FOOD SECURITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC FARMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 84885651984     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-013-0133-1     Document Type: Review

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