Combating land degradation and desertification and enhancing food security: Towards integrated solutions

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 243-265

  Stringer, Lindsay C ^a   Akhtar Schuster, Mariam ^b   Marques, Maria Jose ^c   Amiraslani, Farshad ^d   Quatrini, Simone ^e   Abraham, Elena M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e International Fund for Agricultural Development   (Italy)

^f LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Drylands; Poverty; Productivity; Sustainable development; Sustainable land management; UNCCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 85164013990     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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