Innovative design for agriculture in the move towards sustainability: scientific challenges

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 119-129

  Prost, Lorène ^a   Berthet, Elsa T A ^b,e   Cerf, Marianne ^a   Jeuffroy, Marie Hélène ^b   Labatut, Julie ^c,d   Meynard, Jean Marc ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d MINES ParisTech   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Design studies; Design theory; Farming systems design; Innovative design; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN ACTIVITY; DESIGN CHALLENGES; DESIGN REASONINGS; DESIGN STUDIES; DESIGN THEORY; FARMING SYSTEM; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84975215628     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: 14356066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-016-0233-4     Document Type: Article

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