News Story
Energy and food security are often dealt with separately, yet energy is directly and indirectly embedded in food production and preparation. Bearing in mind the expected population growth, food production needs to be increased by 70% to feed the world in 2050.
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Providing sufficient food for a growing world population and achieving a more sustainable development is one of today’s global challenges. The increasing demand for new agricultural land and...
News Story
FAO on behalf of the United Nations has designated 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), which will culminate in the presentation of a discussion brief on Family Farming at the World Food Day in October.
Publication
SEI-PCS (Spatially Explicit Information on Production to Consumption Systems) model is part of the NORD-STAR, the Nordic Centre of Excellence for Strategic Adaptation Research.
Blog Post
The EAT forum was an opportunity to hear from a wide array of world-renowned experts about their work related to sustainability, food and nutrition. From having not attended the first day, I came in fresh faced and full of energy. I got the impression from the first few speakers that the dinner the night before was a late one.
Blog Post
“How can we change the food system in order for it to provide us with healthy food, save environment and make a business sense?” “Should we give up on our planet if the solutions don’t make business sense?” and “Does food production need stricter regulation and how does business get on board of the global race for sustainability?”
News Story
We have long known that what we eat affects our health, but we are only beginning to grasp how much our food affects the environment, close to home and around the world.
News Story
Protracted crises are among the most challenging contexts in which to fight food insecurity and malnutrition. Driven by multiple underlying causes such as recurrent natural or human made disasters, weak governance and unsustainable livelihood systems, protracted crises affect an estimated 366 million people worldwide.
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Food Systems
In May 2014 the first annual Stockholm Food Forum - EAT - will welcome participants from all over the world to help set goals and guidelines for the future. In an informal atmosphere, reflected by...
News Story
In the past scaling-up in agriculture was all about the ways extension could help informing farmers more effectively and about application of the good agricultural practice research.