Sustaining food self-sufficiency of a nation: The case of Sri Lankan rice production and related water and fertilizer demands

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 302-312

  Davis, Kyle Frankel ^a   Gephart, Jessica A ^a   Gunda, Thushara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Food security; Nitrogen runoff; Self sufficiency; Water footprint; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; NITROGEN; RICE; SELF SUFFICIENCY; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

SRI LANKA;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; HUMAN; ORYZA; POPULATION DENSITY; SRI LANKA;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; NITROGEN; ORYZA; POPULATION DENSITY; SRI LANKA; WATER;

EID: 84960457449     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0720-2     Document Type: Article

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