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The immediate impact of the first waves of the global COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural systems worldwide: Reflections on the COVID-19 special issue for agricultural systems

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  • Stephens, Emma
  • Timsina, Jagadish
  • Martin, Guillaume
  • van Wijk, Mark
  • Klerkx, Laurens
  • Reidsma, Pytrik
  • Snow, Val

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In May 2020, approximately four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the journal's editorial team realized there was an opportunity to collect information from a diverse range of agricultural systems on how the pandemic was playing out and affecting the functioning of agricultural systems worldwide.

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  • Stephens, Emma & Timsina, Jagadish & Martin, Guillaume & van Wijk, Mark & Klerkx, Laurens & Reidsma, Pytrik & Snow, Val, 2022. "The immediate impact of the first waves of the global COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural systems worldwide: Reflections on the COVID-19 special issue for agricultural systems," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:201:y:2022:i:c:s0308521x22000725
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103436
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