Achieving food and environmental security: New approaches to close the gap

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1639, 2014, Pages

  Poppy, G M ^a   Jepson, P C ^b   Pickett, J A ^c   Birkett, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Crop protection; Ecosystem services; Food security; Millennium development goals; Sustainable intensification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION;

AGRICULTURE; CROP PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOOD SECURITY; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERNATIONALITY;

EID: 84907424274     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0272     Document Type: Article

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