Benefits of tropical crops for food security

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2011-02-14

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Vermeulen S, Wollenberg E. 2011. Benefits of tropical crops for food security. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(9):E30.

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West et al. s recent paper (1) compared tradeoffs of carbon and crop production in temperate and tropical zones. We welcome the empirical evidence in support of agricultural intensification rather than extensification.

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