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Taking stock: Indonesia Food Change Lab - raising the profile of street food vendors as providers of healthy food for low-income consumers
… This document, published in December 2018, describes Hivos and IIED’s Food Change Lab in Bandung, Indonesia, where the aim was to ‘raise the profile of street food vendors as providers of healthy food for low-income consumers.’ A food change lab is, in essence, a … Food and agriculture … Taking stock: Indonesia Food Change Lab - raising the profile of street food vendors as …
Publication, 01 March 2019
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Managing trade-offs between growing food and conserving forests in sub-Saharan Africa
… Under Sustainable Development Goal 2 (end hunger, achieve food security etc), African countries aim to fully meet domestic food demand by 2030 — projected to be 70 per cent higher than in 2010. … and yield increases are rarely sufficient to meet future food demand, agriculture will continue to expand at the expense of forests. Based on …
Publication, 01 December 2016
A young person
The champions helping communities make better food choices
… among children and young people, are being stepped up.  Using food diaries to understand food choices There is very little data about what Indonesian people eat … in Jember  seeking to better understand what drives people’s food choices. Ninety-seven households (328 individuals) in six … Food and agriculture …
Insight, 08 January 2020
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SIFOR Mountain Agriculture Policy Dialogue in India
… The Mountain Agriculture Policy Dialogue (6-7 May 2017) brought together stakeholders … Food and agriculture … SIFOR Mountain Agriculture Policy Dialogue in India …
Publication, 01 March 2018
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A recipe for trade-offs: the evolving landscape of food security in China
… are affecting diets in China, creating tension among competing food-related policy goals. Between 1980 and 2010, the country’s urban … between rural and urban areas have also led to multiple and diverse food supply chains. Although hunger is now rare, two new food-related challenges are emerging: the rise of health problems from …
Publication, 01 November 2015
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Biocultural innovation: the key to global food security?
… traditional knowledge-based or ‘biocultural’ innovations that enhance food security, resilience, livelihoods and biodiversity — some very … Food and agriculture … Biocultural innovation: the key to global food security? …
Publication, 01 June 2018
A farmer in Bangladesh
Upscaling agroecological practices
… climate and growing concerns for more sustainable and healthy food systems, agroecology is gaining momentum as a scientific … because of widespread soil impoverishment caused by modern intensive agriculture, which favours synthetic chemical inputs. This problem could … ways had to be found to maintain soil fertility without compromising food security.  Greater use of organic fertiliser and/or other …
Project, 29 January 2017
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Food vs forests in sub-Saharan Africa: a challenge for the SDGs
… Domestic food supply in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will need to triple in the next … also committed to reducing or halting deforestation. The tripling of food supply cannot be achieved solely through imports, waste reduction … circumstances, yield increases could even drive deforestation. Agriculture will therefore continue to expand in SSA, at the likely …
Publication, 01 November 2015
A farmer in a buckwheat field close to harvest time in Gansu Province, China. The country's agriculture is currently facing major environmental challenges (Photo: Han Jianping)
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now
… is the largest producer and consumer of many crops today. But China's agriculture also has global impacts. Even as it imports more and more … major exporter of both fresh produce and processed foods.  Changes in food production and consumption in China and their environmental effects … beyond. In particular, reducing greenhouse gases associated with the food system would have global environment benefits.        China's …
Insight, 26 March 2015
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Trade-offs in sustainable agricultural intensification: the farmers’ perspective
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Publication, 01 March 2020