Energy Use in Agriculture : an Empirical Note on Technical Development and Ecological Loading

Technical development in agriculture is largely dependent upon the interaction of labour productivity with demographie pressure on available arable land. The paper is aimed at sketching oui the relation of relative energy utilization levels in agriculture with labour productivity, land availability...

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Main Authors: Conforti, P., Giampietro, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux 1996-01-01
Series:Tropicultura
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Online Access:http://www.tropicultura.org/text/v14n3/118.pdf