Changes in arable land demand for food in India and China: A potential threat to food security

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5371-5397

  Nath, Reshmita ^a,b   Luan, Yibo ^b   Yang, Wangming ^b   Yang, Chen ^b   Chen, Wen ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Cui, Xuefeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Diet; Food consumption; India; Land required for food; Population growth

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84934877611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7055371     Document Type: Article

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