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

Rosegrant, Mark W.; Ringler, Claudia. 1997. World food markets into the 21st century: environmental and resource constraints and policies. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41(3): 401-428. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.t01-1-00020

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.