The Role of Latin America’s Land and Water Resources for Global Food Security: Environmental Trade-Offs of Future Food Production Pathways

Insa Flachsbarth; Bárbara Willaarts; Hua Xie; Gauthier Pitois; Nathaniel D. Mueller; Claudia Ringler; Alberto Garrido

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116733

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The Role of Latin America’s Land and Water Resources for Global Food Security: Environmental Trade-Offs of Future Food Production Pathways

Insa Flachsbarth ,

* E-mail: flachsbarth.insa@gmail.com

Affiliations Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM), Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Water Observatory, Botin Foundation, Madrid, Spain
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Bárbara Willaarts,

Affiliations Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM), Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Water Observatory, Botin Foundation, Madrid, Spain
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Hua Xie,

Affiliation Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Gauthier Pitois,

Affiliation Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Nathaniel D. Mueller,

Affiliation Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Claudia Ringler,

Affiliation Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Alberto Garrido

Affiliations Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM), Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Water Observatory, Botin Foundation, Madrid, Spain
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The Role of Latin America’s Land and Water Resources for Global Food Security: Environmental Trade-Offs of Future Food Production Pathways

Insa Flachsbarth,
Bárbara Willaarts,
Hua Xie,
Gauthier Pitois,
Nathaniel D. Mueller,
Claudia Ringler,
Alberto Garrido

Published: January 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116733

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