An urgent need for sustainable thinking in agriculture - An Indian scenario

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 611-622

  Srivastava, Pratap ^a   Singh, Rishikesh ^a   Tripathi, Sachchidanand ^b   Raghubanshi, Akhilesh Singh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological agriculture; Green Revolution; Interaction; Organic farming

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; METALS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESTORATION; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURES; GREEN REVOLUTION; INTERACTION; ORGANIC FARMING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREEN REVOLUTION; LEARNING; ORGANIC FARMING; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

INDIA;

EID: 84962004044     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.015     Document Type: Article

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