A Bounds Analysis of World Food Futures: Global Agriculture Through to 2050

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 571-589

  Pardey, Philip G ^a,b,c,d   Beddow, Jason M ^a,b   Hurley, Terrance M ^a   Beatty, Timothy K M ^e   Eidman, Vernon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Calories; Consumption; Demographics; Income; Production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 84925875872     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12072     Document Type: Article

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