Systems thinking on intensification and sustainability: Systems boundaries, processes and dimensions

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-100

  Uphoff, Norman ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CROP PERFORMANCE; ENDOPHYTE; GREEN REVOLUTION; KNOWLEDGE; RICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84909959881     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.10.010     Document Type: Review

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