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Linking Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security By Keith Wiebe Agricultural Economic Report No. (AER823) 63 pp, June 2003 As rising populations and incomes increase pressure on land and other resources around the world, agricultural productivity plays an increasingly important role in improving food supplies and food security. This report explores the extent to which land quality and land degradation affect agricultural productivity, how farmers respond to land degradation, and whether land degradation poses a threat to productivity growth and food security in developing regions and around the world. Keywords: land quality, land degradation, soil erosion, agricultural productivity, food security, ERS, and USDA In this report ... Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Contents, 19 Kb Abstract, Acknowledgments, 7 Kb Executive Summary, 8 Kb Old Concerns and New Opportunities, 61 Kb Trends in Food and Resources, 80 Kb Land Quality and Agricultural Productivity, 85 Kb Land Degradation and Agricultural Productivity, 526 Kb Farmer Responses to Land Degradation, 1,593 Kb Land Degradation and Food Security, 54 Kb Challenges for Research and Policy, 17 Kb References, 50 Kb Entire report, 2,387 kb Order this report (stock #ERSAER823) web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov page updated: June 19, 2003

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