Supporting food security in the 21st century through resource-conserving increases in agricultural production

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Uphoff, Norman ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Food security; Green revolution; Soil biota; System of rice intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005959748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-1-18     Document Type: Review

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