Food security and sustainable resource management

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4966-4985

  McLaughlin, Dennis ^a   Kinzelbach, Wolfgang ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

agriculture; environmental impacts; food security; water security

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; CROPS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; FOOD SECURITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER SECURITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CROP YIELD; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL TRADE; IRRIGATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PEST RESISTANCE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84939463866     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017053     Document Type: Article

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