Opinion: To feed the world in 2050 will require a global revolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 14743-14744

  Ehrlich, Paul R ^a   Harte, John ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CALORIE; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; FOREST; FOSSIL ENERGY; FRUIT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRAZING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HABITAT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; LAND USE; NUT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEST CONTROL; PLANT SEED; POLICY; POLLINATOR; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; VEGETABLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84948660463     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519841112     Document Type: Article

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