What do we need to know to enhance the environmental sustainability of agricultural production? A prioritisation of knowledge needs for the UK food system

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3095-3115

  Dicks, Lynn V ^a   Bardgett, Richard D ^b   Bell, Jenny ^c   Benton, Tim G ^d   Booth, Angela ^e   Bouwman, Jan ^f   Brown, Chris ^g   Bruce, Ann ^h   Burgess, Paul J ⁱ   Butler, Simon J ^j   Crute, Ian ^k   Dixon, Frances ^l   Drummond, Caroline ^m   Freckleton, Robert P ⁿ   Gill, Maggie ^m   Graham, Andrea ^o   Hails, Rosie S ^p   Hallett, James ^q   Hart, Beth ^r   Hillier, Jon G ^s   Holland, John M ^t   Huxley, Jonathan N ^u   Ingram, John S I ^v   King, Vanessa ^w   MacMillan, Tom ^x   McGonigle, Daniel F ^y   McQuaid, Carmel ^z   Nevard, Tim ^m   Norman, Steve ^aa   Norris, Ken ^ab   Pazderka, Catherine ^ac   Poonaji, Inder ^ad   Quinn, Claire H ^d   Ramsden, Stephen J ^ae   Sinclair, Duncan ^af   Siriwardena, Gavin M ^ag   Vickery, Juliet A ^ah   Whitmore, Andrew P ^ai   Wolmer, William ^aj   Sutherland, William J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Theale Head Office   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e AB Agri   (Canada)

^f Syngenta Crop Protection BV   (Netherlands)

^g Asda Asda House Southbank   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^k AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^l WELSH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

^m University of Sheffield ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^o National Farmer's Union   (United Kingdom)

^p CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^q British Growers Association Ltd BGA House   (United Kingdom)

^r Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^t GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^w UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^x SOIL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^y Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

^z Marks & Spencer   (United Kingdom)

^aa Dow AgroSciences   (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^ac British Retail Consortium   (United Kingdom)

^ad NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^af John Lewis Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^ag THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^ah RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^ai ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^aj Blackmoor Estate Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Environment; Farming; Food; Knowledge gaps; Retail; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL CAPITAL; RETAILING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84882964047     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5073095     Document Type: Article

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