Grain legume decline and potential recovery in European agriculture: a review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Zander, Peter ^a   Amjath Babu, T S ^a   Preissel, Sara ^a   Reckling, Moritz ^a,b   Bues, Andrea ^a,c   Schläfke, Nicole ^a   Kuhlman, Tom ^d   Bachinger, Johann ^a   Uthes, Sandra ^a   Stoddard, Fred ^e   Murphy Bokern, Donal ^f   Watson, Christine ^b,g  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIETY AND SPACE   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f Murphy Bokern Konzepte   (Germany)

^g SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversification; Economic pressures; Land use change; Protein crops; Specialization; Sustainable land use

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGROCHEMICAL; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CEREAL; COMPETITIVENESS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; LAND USE CHANGE; LEGUME; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SPECIALIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EUROPE;

GLYCINE MAX; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84964290660     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-016-0365-y     Document Type: Review

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