Global food demand and carbon-preserving cropland expansion under varying levels of intensification

Land Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 579-592

  Johnson, Justin Andrew ^a   Runge, Carlisle Ford ^a   Senauer, Benjamin ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EXPANSION; FOOD SECURITY;

EID: 84995550114     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: 15438325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.92.4.579     Document Type: Article

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