Grand challenges in sustainable intensification and ecosystem services

Firbank, L. G., Attwood, S., Eory, V., Gadanakis, Y., Lynch, J. M., Sonnino, R. and Takahashi, T. 2018. Grand challenges in sustainable intensification and ecosystem services. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2 (7), pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00007

Authors	Firbank, L. G., Attwood, S., Eory, V., Gadanakis, Y., Lynch, J. M., Sonnino, R. and Takahashi, T.
Keywords	Safe and just operating space; UN Sustainable Development Goals; Land use; Place-based; Food security
Year of Publication	2018
Journal	Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Journal citation	2 (7), pp. 1-3
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00007
Open access	Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
Funder	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or code	S2N - Soil to Nutrition - Work package 2 (WP2) - Adaptive management systems for improved efficiency and nutritional quality
Publisher's version	fsufs-02-00007.pdf Copyright license CC BY File Access Level Open
Output status	Published
Publication dates
Online	28 Mar 2018
Publication process dates
Accepted	13 Mar 2018
Copyright license	CC BY
Publisher	Frontiers Media SA
ISSN	2571-581X

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