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Este trabajo pretende identificar las oportunidades y desafíos que conlleva la aplicación de la tecnología blockchain en las cadenas de...

Food production is a major driver of climate change and the destruction of nature, accounting for nearly one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, 80% of land-use change and 70% of water use...

CONTEXT: In Latin America, the so-called informal sector associated with family farming and the agroecology movements were instrumental at coping with and adapting to the COVID-19 challenges. OBJECTIVE: To assess the nature...

Sustainability assessments to inform the design of multifunctional grazing landscapes need to look beyond greenhouse gas emissions to simultaneously embrace other social and environmental criteria. Here...

On 23 September 2021, the Food Systems Summit convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, was held. Latin America and the Caribbean played an essential role...

The brief focuses on the achievements of the following three global biodiversity targets from the CBD post-2020 framework (CBD/WG2020/3/3), by 2030 and 2050: Enhance the integrity of all ecosystems, “with an...

Food problems are the order of the day. Solving the problems of hunger and malnutrition, producing and guaranteeing access to healthy food, preserving the environment, valuing local cultures and ensuring...

Foodscapes are the geographical components of the global food system, a combination of production system and place that represents the world food system spatially. The report maps the world's...

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) was domesticated more than 7000 years ago in the Andes. Its potential was promoted during the International Year of Quinoa in 2013...