Peak Farmland and the Prospect for Land Sparing

• Published in: Population and development review Vol. 38; no. s1; pp. 221 - 242
• Main Authors: Ausubel, Jesse H., Wernick, Iddo K., Waggoner, Paul E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Agricultural industry; Agricultural innovations; Agricultural land; Agricultural Production; Calories; China; Crop production; Crops; Diet; Energy crops; ENVIRONMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND WEALTH; Europe; Farmlands; Farms; Food crops; Food supply; Identity; India; Industrialization; Innovations; Land Use; Peoples Republic of China; Population economics; Population growth; Sustainable agriculture; U.S.A; United States of America

Expecting that more and richer people will demand more from the land, cultivating wider fields, logging more forests, and pressing Nature, comes naturally. The past half-century of disciplined and dematerializing demand and more intense and efficient land use encourage a rational hope that humanity&...