Meeting future food demand with current agricultural resources

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-132

  Davis, Kyle F ^a   Gephart, Jessica A ^a   Emery, Kyle A ^b   Leach, Allison M ^c   Galloway, James N ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary change; Food revolution; Footprint; Future food demand; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CROP YIELD; DIET; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREEN REVOLUTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84969964176     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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