Modern food production and fossil fuels

Abstract

The increase in food production per acre this century and more particularly in the last thirty years has been due to a number of factors but the majority have involved the use, at an ever increasing rate, of fossil fuels (coal and oil).

Citation

Low, A.J. (1974), "Modern food production and fossil fuels", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 74 No. 3, pp. 18-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058596