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Food Security Standard: Principles, Criteria and Indicators
(2020-06)
International demand for agricultural commodities is growing due to population growth, changes in consumption patterns and the current shift from petroleum-based to bio-based economies. This can have adverse effects, ...
Investing Sustainably in African Livestock Development: Opportunities and Trade-Offs
(2020-08)
The production and consumption of animal source foods is central to the ongoing discussion of global food systems. The objectives of this report are first to describe the patterns and changing structures of the Sub-Saharan ...
Role of Farmers’ Organizations in Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Overview of Continental, Regional, and Selected National Level Organizations
(2021-02)
This study analyzes the critical role played by farmers’ organizations (FOs) in transforming agriculture
in Africa. Specifically, it provides an overview of the state of continental and regional FOs in Africa. It
also ...
Big Data in der Medizin: Konzeptionelle, rechtliche und ethische Aspekte
(2020)
Mit der Möglichkeit, Gesundheitsdaten aus vielfältigen Quellen schnell und in großem Umfang auszuwerten - Big Data in der Medizin - sind große Erwartungen verbunden. Informationstechnologien werden dazu eingesetzt, ...
A review of evidence on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit, May 11th 2021
(2021-05-11)
Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in food systems can result in greater food security and better nutrition, and in more just, resilient, and sustainable food systems for all. This paper uses a scoping review ...
Financing SGD2 and Ending Hunger: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit, May 11th, 2021
(2021-05-11)
Among the important tasks of the UNFSS is identifying ways to finance the transformation of the global food system. This report analyses options for financing a specific, but crucial, part of the overall food system ...
Cost and Affordability of Preparing a Basic Meal around the World: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit May 2021
(2021-05)
About 690 million people are chronically undernourished, roughly 2 billion experience food insecurity, and around 3 billion people cannot afford enough of the diverse foods needed for a healthy diet, even as all countries ...
Food System Innovations and Digital Technologies to Foster Productivity Growth and Rural Transformation: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit May 2021
(2021-05)
This brief looks at food system innovations and digital technologies as important drivers of productivity growth and improved food and nutrition security. The analysis emphasizes a mix of research feasibility and ...
Stiftungen und der Faktor Partizipation
(2022-08)
Eine kaum noch zu überblickende Anzahl an Stiftungen engagiert sich in hohem Maße in diversen Gesellschafftsbereichen. Dennoch beschäfftigt sich die Forschung kaum oder nur in begrenztem Umfang mit ihnen. Wie es Stiftungen ...
There is No Single Challenge, Nor Single Solution, for Food Systems Transformations: Making plurality visible: A Food System Summit Brief prepared by Science Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit
(2021-08)
There is a growing call (and agreement) to transform food systems towards sustainable, just and healthy systems, understanding that transformation is about fundamental, system- wide changes, beyond piecemeal interventions ...