How could agricultural land systems contribute to raise food production under global change?

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1432-1442

  Wu, Wen Bin ^a   Yu, Qiang Yi ^a   Peter, Verburg H ^b   You, Liang Zhi ^c   Yang, Peng ^a   Tang, Hua Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural land systems; Allocation; Expansion; Food production; Global change; Intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904268960     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60819-4     Document Type: Review

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