The workshop offers an interactive, hands-on introduction to science communication on social media. It will address issues such as choice of suitable channels, identifying audiences, communicator types/strategies and some more practical aspects. The focus will be on Twitter/X and related, text-based media. Participants are invited to contribute their specific interests and experiences.
Learn the process of creating a visual abstract, together with the key principles of design that will make your research stand out. Through a practical exercise, the assistants will follow the steps to visualize a concept and learn several important aspects they need to consider during the process.
During the workshop, we will go through the steps of creating a visual abstract and explain...
Learn the process of creating a visual abstract, together with the key principles of design that will make your research stand out. Through a practical exercise, the assistants will follow the steps to visualize a concept and learn several important aspects they need to consider during the process.
During the workshop, we will go through the steps of creating a visual abstract and explain...
Food systems generate about one third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, agriculture and agri-food supply chains are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Without reducing emissions from agriculture, food production, and land use change it will not be possible to stabilize the climate and keep the increase in global temperature below 1.5 degrees...
While the need for a transformed food system that is healthier and more sustainable is increasingly well-recognized, the politics of adopting and implementing necessary policies to achieve these goals remains highly contentious. Policy reforms typically involve addressing trade-offs across interest groups and over time, reconciling opposing cultural and ideological beliefs, and navigating the...
Keywords : competition, dairy, supply chain, farm outcomes
Introduction
The dairy sector in Punjab, India has been growing and transforming rapidly in response to rising demand for milk and the increased attention to quality and safety. Some (mostly small) dairy farmers have left the business, others have scaled up and modernized, and new (mostly large) farms have entered. At the...
Context: More frequent and more severe droughts are among the most visible consequences of climate change in drier regions of the world and a major challenge for global agriculture.
Objectives: We aim to measure drought damages to agricultural production more accurately across all countries and regions in the world from the 1960s until today.
Methods: We combine weather data with crop...
Keywords: food systems, food loss, arable crop farmers, food security
1 Introduction
Despite the plethora of publications on food loss, some knowledge gaps remain. More data on this topic are needed to understand the underlying causes of this phenomenon in both developed and developing countries (Chauhan et al., 2021). Most studies have been conducted in high-income countries, resulting in...
The relationship of agriculture to climate change is bi-directional. On the one hand, climate change is a major challenge for agriculture and food systems, as it causes crop failures due to extreme weather events and increased atmospheric temperatures. On the other hand, current agricultural production itself contributes significantly to climate change. Around 30 percent of global greenhouse...
Combining crop diversity and market access to promote dietary diversity and food security: Insights from Smallholder Productivity Promotion Programme in Zambia
Key words: Crop diversity, Market Access, Diets, Food Security, Agricultural Policies, Smallholder farm households
Introduction
Despite significant progress in food availability, over 828 million people still suffer...
Value chain development is a market-focused approach that addresses market constraints and facilitates linkages between rural producers and urban consumers along agri-food chains. Agri-food chains, on the one hand, serve to feed a growing urban population in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and on the other hand, provide income and business opportunities. Among small-scale farmers, commercialization...
1. Introduction
Since the 1960s, the Indonesian rice farmers have widely adopted “Green Revolution” type techniques to achieve rapid increases in productivity. However, the extensive use of such techniques, specifically the overapplication of chemical fertilizers, has also induced tremendous environmental costs like degraded water quality, soil quality and biodiversity loss ([Hazell,...
The effects of digital yield monitoring on greenhouse gas emissions in the US
Introduction
Digitalization in crop production likely affects the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture through several direct and indirect effects (Figure 1). Direct effects include more efficient...
Digital advancement has made the online marketing increasingly popular worldwide. A branch of e-commerce known as “social commerce” has emerged utilizing social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram etc. to exchange products and services. In Bangladesh Facebook based social commerce (“f-commerce”) is the most popular form of e-commerce.
In f-commerce, about 0.3 million entrepreneurs in...
KEYWORDS
Agroforestry; Multivariate Sample Selection Model; Sahel; Tree Usage
INTRODUCTION
In the Sahel region, global warming drives the degradation of agricultural land. The Sahara Desert is expected to extend further south, turning formerly Sudanese climate zones gradually more Sahelian. This trend directly threatens the agricultural production of the region and thus food security and...
Introduction
Public procurement and distribution of food play an important role in determining what is produced and consumed the world over. This is particularly true for countries where governments play a major role in the procurement of certain food items. A case in point is India where, in 2021-22, the government procured 44 percent of rice and 41 percent of wheat production. A large...
Smallholder Welfare and Weather Extremes: Assessing the Effects of Climate Change Adaptation Measures
Keywords: Climate change adaptation, household resilience, sustainable cocoa, agricultural practices
Introduction and Research Objective
Climate change is a major threat to food production systems (Wheeler and Braun 2013). Frequent extreme weather events, such as droughts and...
Keywords
Cocoa, Agroforestry, Sustainable agriculture, Agricultural productivity, Brazil
Introduction
Cocoa is an important agricultural commodity traded globally and with a constantly increasing demand. Cocoa production, however, is confronted with significant environmental and socio-economic challenges in tropical regions, due to its association with deforestation, biodiversity...
Significant water supply-demand gaps are projected in many regions of India under current climate change and population growth scenarios. Agriculture in India accounts for around 90% of freshwater withdrawals and 65% of the irrigation water is sourced from groundwater (Devineni et al., 2022; World Bank, 2022). Farmers in many regions receive subsidies for water intensive cropping systems and...
The importance of a reliable agricultural trade system becomes especially apparent in times of crisis. Trade on well-integrated international markets can help to buffer shocks such as those experienced in 2007/08 and more recently following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, past research has suggested that international markets for important agricultural staples are less than perfectly...
Keywords: risk, agriculture, technology adoption, digital technologies, Kenya
Introduction
Farmers in developing countries face a host of climate-related risks that make their incomes volatile, undermine their food security, and hamper investments in agriculture (Dercon, 2005). Agricultural insurance has the potential to transfer some of these risks away from smallholder farmers,...
Keywords
Consumer behaviour, Information abstraction, Plant-based alternatives
Introduction
Production and consumption of meat and dairy products have long held a pivotal role in discussions on how to make current food systems more sustainable. There is general agreement that a reduction in consumption of animal-based products bodes well for improving both planetary and human...
Keywords: Conflict; Food security, Food system; Agriculture; Aid
Introduction
The Syrian crisis entered its 13th year, leaving 7 out of 10 Syrians in need of assistance (UNOCHA, 2024). This protracted crisis had several outcomes on the agriculture sector, such as damaged agricultural infrastructure, disrupted food value chains, and fluctuating food prices, which aggravated the...
Keywords: organic farming, GHG emissions, climate change mitigation, Brazil
1. Introduction
Organic agri-food systems are an alternative to the sustainability challenges of today’s conventional systems. However, knowledge of their effectiveness in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is limited and provides heterogeneous results (Boschiero et al., 2023). This is particularly...
Keywords: agroecology, meat production, cultural revitalization, ecosystem resiliency, food sovereignty,
Introduction: Bison (Bison bison), also referred to as North American buffalo, is considered an ecological and cultural keystone species on the North American Great Plains, which despite its keystone functions, faced near extinction starting in the late 19th century. Today, despite...
Introduction
We investigate whether agricultural commodity booms can lead to social conflict. The economic literature suggests that commodity booms reduce conflicts by creating employment, raising incomes, and hence increasing the opportunity cost of violence. Yet, simultaneously, stronger incentives to contest the distribution of this additional income may lead to a rising potential...
Exposure to weather hazards, pests, crop diseases, and climate change threaten the livelihoods of many smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries. Uninsured risks in agricultural production do not only cause severe financial consequences in the aftermath of a shock, but also during years without a shock, by discouraging a risk-averse farmer from investing in profitable...
Introduction
Against a backdrop of an increasingly globalised food marketplace and increasing availability of a varied and consistent supply of fresh products on a year-round basis (Spence, 2021), consuming food that is ‘in season’ is advocated as a radical lifestyle choice and a socio-politically and environmentally conscious decision to engage in ‘ethical eating’ that has positive...
Keywords: price sensitivity, food service, sustainability, meat consumption, consumer behaviour
Introduction: Enhancing food service represents a crucial step towards transitioning to healthier and more sustainable food systems. Within this context, university canteens hold significant potential to instigate positive transformations in dietary patterns, particularly by advocating for reduced...
Introduction
Agriculture is inherently risky and smallholder farmers often lack the funds to expand their operations or invest in profitable technologies and inputs. For instance, lacking documented land rights or lacking the necessary collateral limits potential borrowers’ access to formal credit (Higgins et al., 2018), and consequently potential borrowers are involuntarily limited in...
Introduction:
Indonesia’s economic landscape is heavily influenced by the significant presence of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). According to the 2016 Economic Census, a staggering 99 percent of the country’s firms fall into the MSME category. A substantial portion of these enterprises operates informally, with informality shares amounting to approximately 65 percent...
Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly urbanizing. Urbanization has been discerned as a salient driver of the nutrition transition, a shift of dietary patterns away from traditional diets to diets high in sugar, salt and fat (Popkin, 1999; Ruel et al., 2017). While this has been well documented in the literature (e.g., Ameye, 2023; Cockx et al., 2018; Hawkes et al., 2017), two important facets are...
Keywords: alternative protein, potential early adopters, edible insects, food labelling, latent class logit
Introduction and Objectives
In the search for innovative and sustainable protein sources, the consumption of insect-based food (IBF) has emerged as a promising option, as they offer environmental benefits and nutritional value comparable to meat. However, commercialising IBF...
Keywords: welfare; poverty; income; value chains; agrifood systems; resilience; inclusivity; smallholders
Introduction
The analysis of poverty and the policies aimed at its reduction have predominantly been steered by conventional monetary poverty indicators. These indicators differentiate between the poor and the non-poor based on a subsistence threshold, determined by the cost of...
Objectives: Food insecurity and malnutrition are major concerns worldwide linked to food price volatilities, financial crises, and climate change including weather shocks. Food insecurity can increase the risk of various forms of malnutrition and can have both severe short- and long-term impacts on health and well-being. Despite rapid economic growth and poverty reduction within the last three...
In this presentation, I will start with three fundamentals of food choice that I regard as important for achieving behavioural change. First, food choice can be made both under high and low involvement conditions, and the degree of conscious elaboration in food choice will therefore vary. Second, any food choice is only an element in a series of food choices over time, and any food choice has...
Current food choices have a high environmental footprint, rendering them incompatible with both climate objectives and broader sustainable development goals. Transitioning to “planetary health diets” is important and demand-side meat reduction policies are required at scale urgently. However, existing food policy has predominantly favoured softer approaches, such as behavioural "nudges," which...
Key words: climate change; heat stress; milk yield; adaptation; cooling technology.
Introduction:
Climatic variability and change are posing serious threats to global food security (FAO, 2015). This has motivated a rapidly growing body of research examining how climate influences economic outcomes. This “climate-economy” literature uses panel methods and high-frequency variation in weather...
Keywords:
Willingness to pay, attitude of consumers, organic food in Iran.
Introduction
There is a growing global interest in organically produced foods, fueled by concerns about residual toxins and chemicals, as well as worries regarding food-related disorders and diseases. Additionally, increased awareness of the environmental and health impacts of intensive farming practices contributes...
Keywords
Nutrition transition, Urbanisation, Tanzania, Food environment
Introduction
The proposed study aims to analyse the effect of the degree of urbanisation on households’ diets in Tanzania. A healthy diet forms the cornerstone of human development, as sufficient and adequate nutritional intake throughout life is a crucial determinant of an individual's health and...
Keywords: Climate shocks, nutrient adequacy, double burden of malnutrition
Introduction: Climate change and food production are deeply intertwined. Roughly 25-30% of all greenhouse gas emissions stem from food systems (Poore & Nemecek, 2018). Simultaneously, climate change disrupts agricultural outputs through rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, drought, storms, and more...
sustainable consumption, willingness-to-pay, emotional priming,cause-related marketing
Current consumption patterns are not sustainable: most food products carry social and environmental costs that harm current and future generations worldwide (e.g., ILO et al., 2019; Pendrill et al., 2022). Emotional priming in social media is a widely used instrument to influence consumer behavior. Social...
Keywords
Climate change, adaptation, weather, unhealthy diet, sugary drinks, retail
JEL: D12, Q54, I12
Introduction
Two out of five American adults are obese, driven by excessive calorie intake and a lack of physical activity. Extreme temperatures are becoming more frequent and intense, particularly extreme heat. They directly negatively impact health (Deschenes &...
Keywords. Migration, Nutrition, Left-behind, Ghana.
Introduction. Migration is a phenomenon that affects those who migrate, the communities they move to, and those who stay behind. The individuals who remain in the household of origin after one of their members emigrates are often referred to as left-behind individuals. In recent decades, there has been substantial interest in the...
Keywords: Crop Farm Efficiency, FADN, Climate Extremes, Panel Data
JEL codes: Q12, Q54, D22
Introduction & Objective:
High land and farm productivity is key for a sustainable future under rising food demands, transitions towards circular economies, and limited natural resources, i.e. production factors. Effectively supporting and maintaining...
Keywords: household labour, labour requirements, adoption of sustainable practices
Introduction and Objective
In many developing countries, smallholder farmers rely heavily on family labour for agricultural activities. Depending on the cropping systems, tasks can include land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting, and post-harvest processing. Therefore, the availability of household...
Access to a healthy diet is a fundamental human right, yet a significant portion of the global population faces barriers to realizing this right. Conventional poverty metrics are designed to adequately capture caloric needs but they are inadequate for capturing other essential nutritional requirements. We propose national poverty lines based on the cost of a healthy diet and explore their key...
Introduction:
The global rise in diet-related diseases poses a significant public health challenge, necessitating effective interventions to promote healthier food choices. Behavioral nudges, such as Front-of-Package Labeling (FOPL) schemes have emerged as a prominent example of such interventions, aiming to capture consumers’ attention and to inform them about main aspects of nutritional...
Keywords: Nutrition, climate change, climate-induced natural disasters, theoretical framework, food systems
Introduction
Extreme weather events and climate change can affect the nutritional status of individuals and pose major risks to long-term food and nutritional security. There are different pathways through which climate-induced natural disasters affect nutrition and WASH outcomes....
Keywords: Farm workers, Rural employment, Decent work, Employment quality and quantity, Sub-Saharan Africa, Horticulture.
Introduction
The role of farm size in promoting poverty reduction and economic growth remains a contentious debate in agricultural and development economics as well as in the general public (Dercon & Gollin, 2014; Staatz & Dembele, 2007; Wiggins et al., 2010). So...
Introduction. The use of corporate power to undermine public health policy processes is increasingly well understood; however, relatively little scholarship examines how advocates can leverage power to promote successful health policy decisions. The objective of this paper is to explore how advocates leveraged three forms of power – structural, instrumental and discursive – to promote the...
How to adapt climate change and preserve household development resilience in ecologically vulnerable area is a pressing issue. As for pastoralists in ecologically vulnerable and arid regions, drought is the most prevalent and severe climate shock. However, there is a lack of direct evidence regarding to effective measures to help households to adapt climate shocks. Thus, this study presents...
1. INTRODUCTION
Food systems constitute a relevant part of the political, social, economic, ecological and cultural fabric of communities (Ruggeri Laderchi et al., 2024). They could be described as social-ecological complex systems (Allen & Prosperi, 2016; Folke, 2006) composed by a multiplicity of sub-systems where a galaxy of relationships between the social sphere and the biosphere...
Based on fieldwork conducted in B Village, Qilian County, Qinghai Province, and Y Village, Minle County, Gansu Province, we shed new lights on how agriculturalists and pastoralists integrate resources to construct adaptive strategies, and how these strategies interact and perform agro-pastoral coupling to overcome the resource dilemma. Under the pressure from natural disasters, anti-grazing...
Introduction
Carbon farming, involving the adoption of agricultural practices aiming at capturing carbon in soils, is a cornerstone of European climate strategies such as the Green Deal. Farmers are rewarded with carbon credits, which are purchased by companies on the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM)(1,2). It may also lead to other benefits such as improved soil fertility and food security...
Keywords: Sustainable food consumption, food supply chain, environmental perceptions, farm to fork strategy, European Green Deal
Introduction
In the run to become a leading carbon neural economy by 2050, the European Union acknowledges the role of sustainable food consumption (SFC) to achieve the goals proposed by the farm to fork strategy (F2F). Despite the political urge to achieve...
Keywords: discrete choice experiment, regional economies, sustainability labels, geographical indication
Introduction: North Sea brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) fisheries dates back to the 17th century, and today North Sea brown shrimp fishing is the most important coastal fishery on the German and Dutch North Sea coasts. Brown shrimp fishing is also an important factor for tourism and the...
India, the world's foremost milk producer, hosts over 53 million indigenous and 27 million crossbred or exotic milk-producing cows, resulting in a yearly output of 114 million tons of milk as of 2022, with an annual growth rate of 5.3%. Since 1970, the per capita milk consumption in India has quadrupled, in part due to rising incomes and urbanization, which has spurred dietary changes....
In the gender and food systems framework (Njuki et al. 2022), food system drivers are anchored in a gendered social, political, institutional, and economic system with structural gender inequalities that shape individuals’ and households’ risks and vulnerabilities. These drivers in turn influence the three main components of food systems – value chains, food environments, and consumer behavior...
With 80 percent of the global population residing in urban areas, cities can profoundly influence food systems, shaping consumption patterns and generating waste, whilst contributing to pollution and resource degradation. However, cities also represent powerhouses of enthusiasm, experimentation and engagement – places where increasing numbers of people are participating in food activities for...
Keywords
Consumption Values, Culture, Purchase intention, Purchase behavior, Plant-based meat products
Introduction
Sustainable consumption is a key area of interest in consumer behavior research, especially with growing environmental consciousness (Chakraborty & Dash, 2022). Understanding what drives people to make sustainable choices involves various factors. Sheth et al. (1991)...
In Malawi, traditional/customary land rights are engendered where the patrilineal or matrilineal land holding regimes are upheld. In this paper, we investigate the interplay between engendered land rights regimes and intrahousehold bargaining power in dictating the direction of agricultural commercialization, and food security in Malawi. We, firstly, examine the effect of engendered land...
Key words: transition, transformation, governance, barriers
Objective
Western food systems are highly productive but also face substantial sustainability challenges, including ongoing biodiversity loss, climate change, and diet-related diseases (El Bilali et al., 2021; Fanzo et al., 2021). These sustainability challenges find their origin in a series of connectivity problems, such as...
Agriculture and its development have long been recognized as one of the primary drivers of economic growth, development, and poverty reduction in developing countries. Policymakers and international organizations have actively advocated for the transition from subsistence farming to market-oriented agriculture as a pivotal strategy to combat poverty and enhance farmers’ income and food...
1.Introduction
Transforming the agri-food system towards lower-carbon emissions is a critical element to combat climate change, given that it accounts for about one-third of global carbon emissions (Crippa et al., 2021). This urgency is compounded by increasing incomes and changing dietary preferences, particularly the growing demand for meat and dairy products, which further amplify the...
Introduction
Rural development remains crucial to enhancing welfare and eradicating poverty, yet, numerous obstacles, such as climate change and market failures, hinder the achievement of these goals globally, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (Shimeles et al. 2018). Hence, strategies that enable farmers to strengthen their resilience, including those related to disseminating...
Introduction
Research underscores the potential of alternative protein sources in advancing sustainable food systems to foster sustainable diets ([Parodi et al., 2018][1]; [Willett et al., 2019][2]). Among these alternatives, edible insects are one them, offering high-quality animal protein and essential nutrients ([Liceaga et al., 2022][3]). However, these species are typically part of...
KEYWORDS
Social sustainability; farm types; professional identities; cultural aspects
INTRODUCTION
The complexity inherent in agrifood systems challenges its sustainable transformation (Lamine, 2015). Studies on sustainability tend to prioritize objective and external indicators, often overlooking the cultural experiences (i.e. values, symbols, identities) which are fundamental to...
Humanity faces the challenge to produce sufficient food, fuel and fibre at contested natural resources for a growing world population. Intensive farming, driven by economic pressures, leads to adverse environmental effects. Transitioning to sustainable farming is crucial, however, success of policies like the EU's Common Agricultural Policy in promoting sustainable practices is limited. Recent...
Keywords: Nutrition behavior, Gender differences, Ethical interventions, choice architecture, Health clinic cafeteria, Sustainability, Decision-making autonomy
Introduction and Objectives: This study delves into the evaluation of two distinct interventions designed to curb meat consumption within cafeteria settings: the forced active choice (requiring explicit meat portion selection)...
Keywords: school lunch programme, local farm, qualitative study, SWOT analysis, Thailand
Introduction: In Thailand, public primary schools provide free lunches for students. However, the increase in food prices has affected the management of the school lunch programme (SLP). Therefore, knowing the options for obtaining fruit and vegetables grown locally for the SLP is crucial if it lowers...
KEYWORDS: Voluntary Sustainability Standards; Institutional context; Producer welfare; Cocoa; Indonesia
Introduction
Although voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) promise to deliver improved sustainability outcomes, recent review studies (1-3) reveal that socio-economic outcomes of VSS are ambiguous and that contextual factors are key in determining the sustainability impacts of...
Introduction
Ensuring food security and nutrition remains a primary concern for many countries in the Global South, while frequent climatic (and non-climatic) shocks are creating a serious challenge for sustaining current levels of food security. Agroforestry has been praised for its potential as an adaptation strategy to climate change, in particular for addressing deforestation,...
Keywords: multidimensional multi-level sustainability labels, consumer preference, label type, groceries
Introduction
While multi-level front-of-package labels (such as the NutriScore) for indicating food items’ healthiness based on several dimensions are well established (Ikonen et al., 2020), the sustainability labelling landscape is very fragmented (Futtrup et al., 2021) and...
Honey is currently at the centre of changes in European regulations, mainly related to labelling and tightening controls, with several organisations calling for harmonised and improved detection methods and tighter import controls. Since the beginning of the 2010s, the fight against food fraud has become a key legislative and enforcement priority in the EU, following serious food fraud...
Introduction: The development of a country or region requires equilibrium among various factors like food security, population growth, gross national income, biodiversity conservation. Such factors are crucial for planning and policy-making as they are interconnected with the broader framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a developmental objective, food self-sufficiency...
Sustainability standards such as Fairtrade, Organic, and Rainforest Alliance have gained importance over recent years, partly because of growing consumer concerns for environmental and social consequences of agricultural production. In western countries, the demand for products with sustainability labels are rising, especially for foods imported from developing countries like coffee, tea, and...
Keywords: Food Labelling, Consumer Choice, Discrete Choice Experiment, Willingness to Pay, Traffic Light System, Fat Content, Carbon Footprint
1. Introduction
Individual food choices influence both personal health and the broader environmental ecosystem. To achieve emission reduction targets by 2050, it is crucial to decrease the demand for high-emission foods and transition...
Keywords: sustainability assessment, meta-sustainability label, eye-tracking
Introduction
The agri-food sector, responsible for 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, heavily impacts sustainability, with consumers being key drivers for a more sustainable food sector (Garnett, 2013). However, they are still not fully aware of the environmental impact of their food consumption (Camilleri...
Keywords: dietary transition, agri-food systems, food justice, food consumption.
1.Introduction
Agri-food systems are important contributors to global socio-environmental impacts directly affecting human health (Gaupp et al., 2021). A transition towards responsible production and consumption patterns is required to ensure climate change adaptation and mitigation. Life Cycle...
Interest in reducing the food sector's environmental impact is growing in the face of global warming and environmental pressures. This has led to a global push for evolving front-of-pack sustainability labels. The European Union (EU) also aims to develop a uniform labeling system as part of its 'farm to fork' strategy to encourage sustainable food choices. A key question is whether a label...
Armed conflicts and insecurity are threats to economic activities for many developing countries as it disrupts various channels of economic growth. Apart from the immediate killing and destruction of physical infrastructure (ICRC, 2021), armed conflicts can have several indirect repercussions on children’s nutrition and health which substantially increases the overall cost of conflict....
Food choices, especially those involving animal-based products, have become more than a dietary concern, they are a critical step towards climate change mitigation. Reducing the consumption of animal-based foods in developed countries is now widely accepted as a key part of mitigating climate change (Parlasca and Qaim 2022; Kwasny, Dobernig, and Riefler 2022). Yet, one barrier is that...
According to the IPCC, ambitious demand-side food policies are essential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve the Paris climate change targets. Yet, amongst others due to deeply rooted eating habits, culture, traditions, and limited consumer knowledge about the climate impact of different foods, food consumption choices cannot be changed easily. While demand-side food policies are...
One of the most significant implications, although often neglected, of the recent rise of China as an economic power has been a large positive shock in demand for agricultural commodities–and has been labeled the “other” China shock (Hansen and Wingender, 2023). Featuring prominently on the receiving end of this shock, particularly via growing demand for soybeans, is Brazil, a country in which...
The main objectives of this paper are twofold; first, to highlight the gender gap in food crop commercialization and in key household welfare indicators with an understanding that food crop commercialization touches on two highly contested household domains that are, in a classical sense, gendered (the domestic domain and the market domain). Secondly, the paper set out to investigate the nexus...
Introduction
Urban agriculture is a livelihood diversification strategy, which can potentially alleviate urban food insecurity for low-income communities. Unfortunately, despite the positive prospects it proffers, urban agriculture has not been tolerated in most African cities as it is often viewed as a rural activity, which detracts from the modern city image. In addition, despite the...
Keywords
Community resilience, food sharing, social impact
Introduction
Food retail corporations are the vital global actors of the food distribution and consumption landscape. The future of Sustainable Food Systems and the Sustainable Food Value Chains transformation heavily depends on their ability to align key business performance indicators and sustainable development goals. This...
Keywords
social sustainability, food systems, cohesion, justice, culture, identity
Introduction
In order to contribute to greater climate-related protection and justice, food systems must be designed in particular to be ecologically sustainable and socially acceptable. While the knowledge regarding ecological aspects is constantly improving and environmental impacts largely can be...
Keywords
Deforestation, Cocoa, equity, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, supply chain
Introduction
Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana lead global cocoa production, but the cocoa sector faces significant challenges related to smallholder poverty, deforestation, and child labour (Fountain and Huetz-Adams, 2022). Over 60% of cocoa from Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire is produced by smallholder farmers who...
Propagated by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), and his successor Ayatollah Khamenei, self-sufficiency in food production especially wheat is one of the ideological pillars of the IRI since its creation in 1979. Primarily, self-sufficiency was an attempt for independence from the confronting sides in the Cold War, i.e. the United States, the Soviet Union...
Transforming Lebanon's Food System: A Collaborative Approach for SDGs and Agenda 2030
This research proposes a comprehensive national pathway for transforming Lebanon's food system towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030. Building on stakeholder dialogues and the UNFSS+2 summit, the project outlines key action areas for a more sustainable, resilient, and...
In 2011, FAO estimated that about one third of the world’s food goes lost or wasted. About 60% is lost in supply chains, while the other 40% is wasted after retail, at the level of the consumer. To produce all that food, we need land, water, inputs, energy. It requires labor and effort and generates an environmental cost. Food loss and waste generates about 24% of greenhouse gas emissions from...
Despite a long history of animal source foods (ASF) consumption, many people have begun to look for alternatives to traditional ASF consumption and have advocated for a change in the composition of our diet. However, what could happen if the entire industry suddenly ceased to exist?
In this World Café we take a closer look at some questions that arise around the gaps and challenges posed by...
In this World Café, we will explore the concept of resilience as it applies to food systems, how it can be measured, and how it differs from related concepts like sustainability and vulnerability. Despite its frequent use among researchers and practitioners, the term "resilience" remains ambiguous, with no clear consensus on its definition. This lack of clarity makes it challenging to...
Certification systems nowadays often emphasize strict compliance with predefined standards, ensuring uniformity and a high level of quality across regions and producers. This approach allegedly creates trust and transparency for consumers, who are assured that certified products meet rigorous benchmarks. However, such a rigid system may not always account for the diversity of local practices...
Innovations in agriculture not only promise greater efficiency and productivity, but could be crucial in addressing global challenges such as food security, climate change, and sustainable development. While technology and innovation hold such immense potential to transform agriculture, how accessible are they to smallholder farmers, especially in developing regions? How do we make...