Rapid growth in agricultural trade: Effects on global area efficiency and the role of management

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kastner, Thomas ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^a   Haberl, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

crop yields; international trade; land use; teleconnections; yield gaps

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; LAND USE;

CROP YIELD; EXPORT PRODUCTION; LAND PRODUCTIVITIES; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; TELECONNECTIONS; YIELD DIFFERENCES; YIELD GAPS;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL TRADE; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND MANAGEMENT; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 84898080092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/034015     Document Type: Article

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