Beyond climate-smart agriculture: Toward safe operating spaces for global food systems

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Neufeldt, Henry ^a   Jahn, Molly ^b   Campbell, Bruce M ^c,d   Beddington, John R ^e   DeClerck, Fabrice ^f   De Pinto, Alessandro ^g   Gulledge, Jay ^h   Hellin, Jonathan ⁱ   Herrero, Mario ^j   Jarvis, Andy ^c,d   LeZaks, David ^b   Meinke, Holger ^k,l   Rosenstock, Todd ^a   Scholes, Mary ^m   Scholes, Robert ⁿ   Vermeulen, Sonja ^c,o   Wollenberg, Eva ^c,p   Zougmoré, Robert ^c,q  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Challenge Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security   (Colombia)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^e Government Office for Science   (United Kingdom)

^f BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^g INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^l WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

ⁿ DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^q INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate smart agriculture; Development; Food security; Mitigation; Safe space for humanity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006106948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-2-12     Document Type: Article

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