World food markets into the 21st century: environmental and resource constraints and policies

The article reviews and synthesizes the evidence on biophysical limits to crop productivity; plant genetic resources and biotechnology; the availability of plant nutrients; soil and land degradation; the increasing scarcity and declining quality of water; and the impact of global climate change on a...

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Autores principales: Rosegrant, Mark W., Ringler, Claudia
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172346
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Sumario:The article reviews and synthesizes the evidence on biophysical limits to crop productivity; plant genetic resources and biotechnology; the availability of plant nutrients; soil and land degradation; the increasing scarcity and declining quality of water; and the impact of global climate change on agriculture.