The economics of biological nitrogen fixation in the global economy

Nitrogen Fixation in Crop Production

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 309-328

  Westhoff, Patrick ^a  

^a Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel markets; Biological nitrogen fixation; Crop demand; Economic growth; Government policies; Macro level economics; Micro level economics; Nitrogen demand; Nitrogen fertilizer markets; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102912834     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr52.c11     Document Type: Chapter

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