Land Management and Food/Nutrition (In)Security In Mixed Farming Systems

Tibebu Kassawmar, Gizaw Desta, Matebu Tadesse, Ermias Teferi, Mirgissa Kaba, Karuturi Venkata Suryabhagavan, Abebe Shiferaw

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The need to increase agricultural productivity due to the high demand of animal feeding and to...

Sustainability Sustainable Food Systems Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Keywords: nutrition insecurity,­land use,­Watershed management,­land degradation,­Land restoration,­Smallholder farmers

Leveraging Gender, Youth and Social Networks for Inclusive and Transformative Livestock Production in the Tropics and Subtropics

Stefan Burkart, Renee Marie Bullock, Juan Andrés Cardoso Arango, Marcela Ramos, Natalia Triana Angel

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Social research has provided critical insights into understanding gender and generational gaps and...

Sustainability Sustainable Food Systems Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Keywords: gender,­Generational transfer,­Youth,­sustainability,­Equity,­inclusiveness,­Intersectionality,­Livestock

Sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Benjamin Karikari, Francis Tetteh, Fred Kizito, Folorunso Mathew Akinseye, Christopher Mutungi, Bekele Hundie Kotu, Terry Ansah

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Sustainability Sustainable Food Systems Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Keywords: Sustainable intensification,­Smallholder agriculture,­Welfare impact,­sub-Saharan Africa,­South Asia

Evaluating the adoption and impacts of agricultural technologies

Francisco Areal, Valerien Pede

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Sustainability Sustainable Food Systems Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Enhancing Food Production System Resilience for Food Security Facing a Changing Environment

Liming Ye, Ping Zhu

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As the dominant source of the human food supply, the global land system underlies the foundation of...

Sustainability Sustainable Food Systems Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Keywords: Land productivity,­productivity growth,­Environmental stress,­Climate Change,­land degradation,­pollution,­Environmental footprint,­Sustainable intensification

Socio-Economic Evaluation of Cropping Systems for Smallholder Farmers – Challenges and Options

Subhasis Mandal, Sendhil R., Rupak Goswami

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The FAO estimated that five out of six farms in the world are operating less than two hectares of...

Sustainability Sustainable Food Systems Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Keywords: Socio-economic impact,­determinants,­policy,­food production,­cropping systems,­Small-holder farms

COVID-19: Food System Frailties and Opportunities

Claire Kremen, Elliot Berry, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Patrick Meyfroidt, Ivette Perfecto, Todd Rosenstock, José Antonio Teixeira, Hannah Wittman

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The global coronavirus pandemic is revealing major weaknesses, inequities and system-wide risks in...

Health Nutrition Nutrition and Sustainable Diets

Keywords: COVID-19,­Coronavirus,­pandemic,­Food security,­nutrition,­Food Supply chain,­Supply chain disruption,­Labor,­Zoonotic disease,­Viral disease,­food systems,­Agriculture

Improving investment in research and innovation to transform agrifood systems in the Global South

Pablo Tittonell, P. V. Vara Prasad, Julia Compton, Ruben G. Echeverria

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Sustainability Sustainable Food Systems Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Keywords: innovation,­Research,­investment,­Innovation priorities,­policies,­Innovation pathways,­green finance,­Sustainable food systems,­Instruments,­modelling,­Case studies,­Global South,­Transformation of food systems

Transdisciplinary Research for Understanding and Transforming Food Systems

Alexandros Gasparatos, Laura M. Pereira, Cyrille Rigolot

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Food systems are currently facing tremendous challenges and changes globally. On the one hand,...

Sustainability Sustainable Food Systems Land, Livelihoods and Food Security

Keywords: Transdisciplinary research,­Transforming Food Systems,­Dietary change,­food production,­Food system