Understanding how producers make decisions to allot acreage among crops and how decisions about land use are affected … allocate their land. Primary emphasis is given to the magnitude and speed of the allocation process. Estimation of intra … months. -- food price volatility ; acreage response ; price expectation ; land use ; food supply …

Land degradation is a global problem affecting negatively the livelihoods and food security of billions of people …, especially farmers and pastoralists in the developing countries. Eradicating extreme poverty without adequately addressing land … international community to identify the extent and severity of land degradation in global scale. As discussed in this paper, many …

Healthy land ecosystems are essential to sustainable development, including food security and improved livelihoods. Yet …, their key services have usually been taken for granted and their true value underrated, leading to land degradation becoming … a critical global problem. This pattern of undervaluation of lands is about to change in view of the rapidly rising land …

This study presents an overview of current and projected land use patterns as well as food and feed supply, with … projections reaching up to 2050. The main question is whether there will be enough land resources to feed the growing world … projected for 2050. The big range of the estimated land potentials for energy production is explained by differing data sources …