Taking planetary nutrient boundaries seriously: Can we feed the people?

Global Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-21

  Kahiluoto, Helena ^a   Kuisma, Miia ^a   Kuokkanen, Anna ^b   Mikkilä, Mirja ^b   Linnanen, Lassi ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agrifood system; Food security; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phosphorus reserves; Reactive flows

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894435325     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2013.11.002     Document Type: Review

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