Addressing China's grand challenge of achieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability

Science Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lu, Yonglong ^a   Jenkins, Alan ^b   Ferrier, Robert C ^c   Bailey, Mark ^b   Gordon, Iain J ^c   Song, Shuai ^a   Huang, Jikun ^d   Jia, Shaofeng ^d   Zhang, Fusuo ^e   Liu, Xuejun ^e   Feng, Zhaozhong ^a   Zhang, Zhibin ^f  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^e CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; EMERGING ECONOMIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84937637218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1400039     Document Type: Article

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