Food and water gaps to 2050: preliminary results from the global food and water system (GFWS) platform

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-220

  Grafton, R Quentin ^a   Williams, John ^a   Jiang, Qiang ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

APSIM; Food security; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940006754     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0439-8     Document Type: Article

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