Does intensification slow crop land expansion or encourage deforestation?

Global Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 92-98

  Byerlee, Derek ^a   Stevenson, James ^b   Villoria, Nelson ^c  

^a CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council Secretariat FAO Viale delle Terme di Caracalla ^*

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yields; Deforestation; Global markets; Intensification; Land use changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905050082     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2014.04.001     Document Type: Review

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