Can our global food system meet food demand within planetary boundaries?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 251, Issue , 2018, Pages 244-256

  Conijn, J G ^a   Bindraban, P S ^b   Schroder J J ^a   Jongschaap, R E E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Food system; GHG emission; Land use; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Planetary boundaries; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSGRESSION; YIELD RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85032987762     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.06.001     Document Type: Article

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