Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2008 Nov;9(11):1061-6.
doi: 10.1038/embor.2008.196. Epub 2008 Oct 17.

The future of agriculture. Agricultural knowledge for economically, socially and environmentally sustainable development

Marta G Rivera-Ferre  1
Affiliations

The future of agriculture. Agricultural knowledge for economically, socially and environmentally sustainable development

Marta G Rivera-Ferre. EMBO Rep. 2008 Nov.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Agriculture and multifunctionality (IAASTD, 2008).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Counting women's labour in agriculture (IAASTD, 2008). The asterisk indicates the inclusion of gardening and animal care for both countries, and fuelwood collection for India.
None
Simon Walter
None
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment in

  • Comment on "The future of agriculture".
    Wager R. Wager R. EMBO Rep. 2009 Feb;10(2):104-5; author reply 105-7. doi: 10.1038/embor.2008.250. EMBO Rep. 2009. PMID: 19182826 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

References

    1. Badgley C, Moghtader J, Quintero E, Zakem E, Chappell MJ, Avilés-Vázquez K, Samulon A, Perfecto I (2007) Organic agriculture and the global food supply. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 22: 86–108
    1. Barnes P (1971) Vanishing small farmer. New Repub 164: 21–24
    1. Bonano A (1991) The restructuring of the agricultural and food system: social and economic equity in the reshaping of the Agrarian Question and the Food Question. Agric Human Values 8: 72–82
    1. Bonano A, Busch L, Friedland WH, Gouveia L, Mingione E (Eds) (1994) From Columbus to ConAgra: The Globalization of Agriculture and Food. Lawrence, KS, USA: University Press of Kansas
    1. Borlaug NE (2000) Ending world hunger. The promise of biotechnology and the threat of antiscience zealotry. Plant Physiol 124: 487–490 - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources