Vernon W. Ruttan

CAST papers are developed by interdisciplinary task forces composed of volunteer authors, chairs, reviewers, liaisons, and translators from academia, industry, and government. This index recognizes those contributors and highlights the breadth of expertise that supports CAST’s work.

Publications as Author

CAST_R119_Preparing-Ag-for-Climate-Change

June 19, 1992
Task Force Report

Preparing U.S. Agriculture for Global Climate Change

Covers all aspects of the subject, emphasizing adaptation to changes, emission of greenhouse gases, the impact of climate change.

Publications as Reviewer

February 1, 1994
Task Force Report

How Much Land Can Ten Billion People Spare for Nature?

Advances in farming technology combined with changing values and diets could ensure that the world's population will use existing cropland more economically and thus save more land for natural or wilderness use in the next 50 years.