Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis

The Lancet Planetary Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e33-e42

  Herrero, Mario ^a   Thornton, Philip K ^a,b   Power, Brendan ^a   Bogard, Jessica R ^a,c   Remans, Roseline ^d,e   Fritz, Steffen ^f   Gerber, James S ^g   Nelson, Gerald ^h   See, Linda ^f   Waha, Katharina ^a   Watson, Reg A ⁱ   West, Paul C ^g   Samberg, Leah H ^g   van de Steeg, Jeannette ^j   Stephenson, Eloise ^a,k   van Wijk, Mark ^l   Havlík, Petr ^f  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^j University of Applied Sciences   (Netherlands)

^k GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PROTEIN; RETINOL; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALORIE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CEREAL; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; EUROPE; FARMING SYSTEM; FISH; FISH PRODUCT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRIENT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TUBER; POPULATION GROWTH; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; URBANIZATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 85021444473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25425196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30007-4     Document Type: Article

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