The transition to agricultural sustainability
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The transition to agricultural sustainability.
The transition to sustainable growth in agricultural production during the 21st century will take place within the context of a transition to a stable population and a possible transition to a stable level of material consumption. If the world fails to successfully navigate a transition to sustainable growth in agricultural production, the failure will be due more to a failure in the area of in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.11.5960