Food, agriculture & the environment: Can we feed the world & save the earth?

Daedalus

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 8-23

  Tilman, David ^a   Clark, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84942874366     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/DAED_a_00350     Document Type: Article

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