The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 219-236

  Pretty, Jules ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b   Ashby, Jacqueline ^c   Auburn, Jill ^d   Baulcombe, David ^b   Bell, Michael ^e   Bentley, Jeffrey ^f,g   Bickersteth, Sam ^f   Brown, Katrina ^h   Burke, Jacob ⁱ   Campbell, Hugh ^j   Chen, Kevin ^k   Crowley, Eve ⁱ   Crute, Ian ^l   Dobbelaere, Dirk ^m   Edwards Jones, Gareth ⁿ   Funes Monzote, Fernando ^o   Godfray, H Charles J ^p   Griffon, Michel ^q   Gypmantisiri, Phrek ^r   Haddad, Lawrence ^s   Halavatau, Siosiua ^t   Herren, Hans ^u   Holderness, Mark ⁱ   Izac, Anne Marie ⁱ   Jones, Monty ^v   Koohafkan, Parviz ⁱ   Lal, Rattan ^w   Lang, Timothy ^x   McNeely, Jeffrey ^y   Mueller, Alexander ⁱ   Nisbett, Nicholas ^z   Noble, Andrew ^aa   Pingali, Prabhu ^ab   Pinto, Yvonne ^s,ac   Rabbinge, Rudy ^ad   Ravindranath, N H ^ae   Rola, Agnes ^af   Roling, Niels ^ad   Sage, Colin ^ag   Settle, William ⁱ   Sha, J M ^ah   Shiming, Luo ^ai   Simons, Tony ^aj   Smith, Pete ^ak   Strzepeck, Kenneth ^al   Swaine, Harry ^am   Terry, Eugene ^an   Tomich, Thomas P ^ao   Toulmin, Camilla ^ap   Trigo, Eduardo ^aq   Twomlow, Stephen ^ar   Vis, Jan Kees ^as   Wilson, Jeremy ^at   Pilgrim, Sarah ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g CABI   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^k INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^l AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁿ BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MATANZAS   (Cuba)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^q National Research Agency   (France)

^r CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^t Secretariat of the Pacific Community   (Fiji)

^u Millennium Institute   (United States)

^v FARA   (Ghana)

^w OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^y International Union for the Conservation of Nature   (Switzerland)

^z UK Government Department for Business Innovation and Skills   (United Kingdom)

^aa National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute   (Laos)

^ab BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^ac IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ad WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ae INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^af UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^ag UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^ah FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ai SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aj WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^al UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^an Agricultural Technology Clearing House and Consulting (ATECHO)   (United States)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ap INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^aq Grupo CEO   (Argentina)

^ar United Nations Environment Programme   (Kenya)

^as UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^at RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Farming; Food security; Global agriculture; Horizon scanning; Policy; Research questions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOVERNMENT; HUNGER; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; RESEARCH WORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649374350     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2010.0534     Document Type: Article

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