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    Rights statement: © 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Scaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system: the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gaps Sofia Kourmpetli, Natalia Falagán, Charlotte Hardman, Lingxuan Liu, Bethan Mead, Lael Walsh, and Jess Davies International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation 2022 8:2-3, 145-157

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Scaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system: the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gaps. / Kourmpetli, Sofia; Falagán, Natalia; Hardman, Charlotte et al.
In: International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation, Vol. 8, No. 2-3, 30.06.2022, p. 145-157.

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Kourmpetli, S, Falagán, N, Hardman, C, Liu, L, Mead, B, Walsh, L & Davies, J 2022, 'Scaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system: the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gaps', International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation, vol. 8, no. 2-3, pp. 145-157. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPTI.2022.121791

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Kourmpetli, S., Falagán, N., Hardman, C., Liu, L., Mead, B., Walsh, L., & Davies, J. (2022). Scaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system: the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gaps. International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation, 8(2-3), 145-157. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPTI.2022.121791

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Kourmpetli S, Falagán N, Hardman C, Liu L, Mead B, Walsh L et al. Scaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system: the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gaps. International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation. 2022 Jun 30;8(2-3):145-157. Epub 2022 Mar 29. doi: 10.1504/IJPTI.2022.121791

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Kourmpetli, Sofia ; Falagán, Natalia ; Hardman, Charlotte et al. / Scaling-up urban agriculture for a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system : the postharvest benefits, challenges and key research gaps. In: International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation. 2022 ; Vol. 8, No. 2-3. pp. 145-157.

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