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Database research record1991·United States

Urban Agriculture in the United States

Nelson L. Bills, Bills, Nelson L.

AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)

Urban Farm DB summary

A National Agricultural Lands Study (NALS) in the United States did not provide conclusive evidence of serious conflicts between urban development land requirements and the nation's agricultural production capacity. The study was also flawed by faulty data on farmland conversion rates.