Sustainable intensification: overcoming land and water constraints on food production

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-245

  Chartres, Colin J ^a   Noble, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Land and water productivity; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939982815     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0425-1     Document Type: Article

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