Sustainability and innovation in staple crop production in the US Midwest

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-88

  Heinemann, Jack A ^a   Massaro, Melanie ^a,b   Coray, Dorien S ^a   Agapito Tenfen, Sarah Zanon ^a,c   Wen, Jiajun Dale ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d Third World Network Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

agrobiodiversity; biotic and abiotic stress; genetic modification; intellectual property; market concentration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INNOVATION; MAIZE; RESILIENCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; YIELD;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84896731133     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2013.806408     Document Type: Article

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