Future threats to agricultural food production posed by environmental degradation, climate change, and animal and plant diseases - a risk analysis in three economic and climate settings

Food Security

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-215

  Sundström, Jens F ^a   Albihn, Ann ^b   Boqvist, Sofia ^a   Ljungvall, Karl ^a   Marstorp, Håkan ^a   Martiin, Carin ^a   Nyberg, Karin ^b   Vågsholm, Ivar ^a   Yuen, Jonathan ^a   Magnusson, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Environmental degradation; Food security; Pests and diseases; Risks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; MONITORING; PEST CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84899424504     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0331-y     Document Type: Article

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