The current food system is not sustainable, and food consumption contributes substantially to the climate crisis. Several challenges make it difficult for consumers to make sustainable food...
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Highlights: Food systems are a major driver of plastic pollution, and at the same time vulnerable to its impacts. This policy brief states why it is important to consider...
This report from the Tata–Cornell Institute at Cornell University focuses on food systems and nutrition in South Asia. The progress made in reducing the prevalence of hunger in the fourteen years leading to 2019...
Highlights: The text emphasizes the urgent need for a transformation of food systems, highlighting the economic, environmental, and social benefits of such a transformation. It outlines the negative impacts of current...
Highlights: Globally, animal source food (ASF) contribute substantially to many countries’ economies and are a major source of employment and income. They are also an important...
Highlights: Africa’s food systems need to provide sufficient affordable, nutritious food for Africa’s population, whilst generating income and employment to support the continent’s economic and social...
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This edition of The State of Food and Agriculture focuses on the true cost of agrifood systems. By introducing the concept of the hidden costs and benefits of agrifood systems and providing a framework through...
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...
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Food-based dietary guidelines are a primary tool to advise on healthy eating patterns.
Few dietary guidelines incorporate environmental sustainability as a primary...
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Part II of the report focuses on agricultural subsidies.
Chapter 6 analyses their size, scope and composition.
Chapter 7 documents their economic and...