System-level approach needed to evaluate the transition to more sustainable agriculture
Author(s) -
Lauren C. Ponisio,
Claire Kremen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.342
H-Index - 253
eISSN - 1471-2954
pISSN - 0962-8452
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.2015.2913
Subject(s) - agriculture , sustainable agriculture , transition (genetics) , business , environmental resource management , environmental planning , natural resource economics , environmental science , geography , economics , biology , biochemistry , archaeology , gene
We disagree with Leifeld fundamentally on the purpose of our agricultural system—our goal should be to produce nutritious, affordable and accessible food in a socially and environmentally sustainable manner and not just ‘keeping prices low’. So-called low-cost food produced by industrialized,
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