Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

At times of severe social disruption, be that war, conflict, pandemic, or economic downturn, both the availability and consumption of healthy dietary patterns can be adversely affected...

The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably linked, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they are often treated...

Highlights: Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) is a state-wide agro-ecological transformation of the farming practices of its 6 million farmers over 6 million hectares...

At the 4th global conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Global Alliance for the Future and Food, GIST Impact and Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming...

Highlights: Part II of the report focuses on agricultural subsidies. Chapter 6 analyses their size, scope and composition. Chapter 7 documents their economic and...

Highlights: The report showcases the following policy highlights, based on the numerical highlights presented in the box below: Increasing women’s empowerment is essential for women’s well-being and has...

Food systems must be transformed if we are to feed the world without destroying the planet. Agroecological principles are central to creating and sustaining that change...

In the political discussion, the promotion of local food systems and short supply chains is sometimes presented as a means to increase the resilience of the food system, e.g. in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic...

From an urban and landscape perspective, it is high time to design, plan, and build complex relationships between the urban, suburban, rural spheres in order to enable metabolic loops...

Growing acknowledgement that food systems require transformation, demands comprehensive sustainability assessments that can support decision-making and sustainability governance. To do so, assessment frameworks must...