The challenges of sustainably feeding a growing planet

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-198

  Hertel, Thomas W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural technology; Climate impacts; Climate policy; Environmental sustainability; Food security; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939960010     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0440-2     Document Type: Article

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