Feeding 10 billion people under climate change: How large is the production gap of current agricultural systems?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 288, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-111

  Sakschewski, Boris ^a   Von Bloh, Werner ^a   Huber, Veronika ^a   Müller, Christoph ^a   Bondeau, Alberte ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dynamic global vegetation model; Food production; LPJmL; Population growth

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; FOOD PRODUCTION; LPJML; POPULATION GROWTH; VEGETATION MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP PRODUCTION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DIETARY SHIFT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 84904661417     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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