Global food security in 2050: The role of agricultural productivity and climate change

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 554-570

  Baldos, Uris Lantz C ^a   Hertel, Thomas W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Climate change; Dietary energy; Food security; Long run analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925854711     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12048     Document Type: Article

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