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Transformative food systems governance and the environmental agenda: lessons from the national and city level
… Evidence shows that food systems are major contributors, but are also critically vulnerable, … Yet, governance plays a critical role in sustainably transforming food systems. The way in which food systems are governed has direct consequences on how natural … Food and agriculture … Transformative food systems governance and the environmental agenda: lessons from the …
Event, 13 September 2023
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Agricultural expansion in Zambia: what are the drivers and implications?
… of agricultural expansion in Zambia and their implications for food security, livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. Data was … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 24 July 2021
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Resilient food systems and COVID-19: lessons for a Just Transition
… is not only a health crisis but also an economic crisis and a food crisis, coming on top of the climate crisis. Like climate change, … makes a Just Transition to more resilient, equitable and low-carbon food systems all the more crucial and urgent. It is a wake-up call that … people, refugees and people forced off their land by industrial agriculture; women and girls who are often more vulnerable to economic …
Insight, 22 May 2020
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Scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation: lessons from Viet Nam
… typhoons and pest outbreaks that threaten their livelihoods and food security. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) offers a promising path … Food and agriculture …
Publication, 09 July 2025
Cocoa beans inside pods
Tony’s Chocolonely: a holistic approach to sustainable chocolate
… Food and agriculture … How business and investment pioneers are transforming forest and food supply chains …
Article, 31 May 2024
A group of people gather around a pile of potatoes with mountains as a backdrop
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
… Modern food and farming systems are fundamentally unsustainable. They … genetic resources – needed to sustain agricultural production. Modern food systems (PDF) are also highly inequitable, with power and wealth … zero hunger for many Indigenous Peoples, as research  by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has shown. This …
Insight, 23 October 2020
A woman serving food at a street stall
Common cause with people in the food systems of the majority
… The food policy world has been abuzz with talk of transforming food systems. It’s part of growing recognition that we’re way off course … Development Goal (SDG) – to end hunger, improve nutrition and green agriculture. The coronavirus pandemic has put added strain on food … Food and agriculture … Common cause with people in the food systems of the majority …
Insight, 22 June 2020
A man buying fresh fruit at a market stall.
How COVID-19 is impacting and changing East Africa’s agri-food systems
Article, 07 August 2020
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Food systems and climate change
Publication, 01 July 2020
Person bending over to pick up crops in a rice field
Sowing the seeds for a just transition
… Increased investment in the food and agriculture sector is central to achieving many Sustainable Development … and contracting processes used by companies operating in the food and agriculture sector in low- and middle-income countries can … Food and agriculture …
Article, 05 May 2023