Laura Braun, Sophie Boisson, Eline Boelee, Pauline Chivenge, Melanie Connor, Chris Drakeley, Georgia Drew, Bruce Gordon, Seth R. Irish, Jo Lines, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Marc F. Müller, Jaume Pinsach Boada, Gerard Arbat Pujolras, Daniel Said-Pullicino, Didier Tharreau, Oliver Cumming
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Rice production is critical to global food security, but it has unintended consequences: water stress, greenhouse gas emissions and disease-vector mosquitoes and snails, usually addressed by separate sectors in isolation. A planetary health approach that integrates agriculture, water, climate, ecosystems and health can identify rice growing practices that deliver benefits across these domains.