Browsing Scientific Group of the United Nations Food System Summit 2021 by Title
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Leveraging data, models & farming innovation to prevent, prepare for & manage pest incursions: Delivering a pest risk service for low- income countries: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 15th, 2021
Taylor, B.; Tonnang, HEZ; Beale, T.; Holland, W.; Oronje, M.; Abdel-Rahman, EM; Onyango, D.; Finegold, C.; Zhu, J.; Pozzi, S.; Murphy, ST (2021-04-15)Globally, pests (invertebrates, vertebrates, pathogens, weeds) can cause estimated annual losses of between 20- 40%, but higher losses are disproportionately experienced by many low-income countries as agriculture is the ... -
Livestock and sustainable food systems: status, trends, and priority actions: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit July 2021
Herrero, Mario; Mason-D’Croz, Daniel; Thornton, Philip K.; Fanzo, Jessica; Rushton, Jonathan; Godde, Cecile; Bellows, Alexandra; de Groot, Adrian; Palmer, Jeda; Chang, Jinfeng; van Zanten, Hannah; Wieland, Barbara; DeClerck, Fabrice; Nordhagen, Stella; Gill, Margaret (2021-07-06)Livestock are a critically important component of the food system, however, the sector needs a profound transformation to ensure that it contributes to a rapid transition towards sustainable food systems. This paper reviews ... -
Marginal areas and indigenous people – Priorities for research and action: Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 5, 2021
Azam-Ali, Sayed; Ahmadzai, Hayatullah; Choudhury, Dhrupad; Goh, Ee Von; Jahanshiri, Ebrahim; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Meschinelli, Alessandro; Modi, Albert Thembinkosi; Nhamo, Nhamo; Olutayo, Abidemi (2021-04-05)Business-as-usual is not working. Marginal environments and the indigenous people who cultivate them have one thing in common – they are forgotten. This policy brief aims to tackle down challenegs and opportunities of ... -
Pathways to advance agroecology for a successful transformation to sustainable food systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit June 2021
Niggli, Urs; Sonnevelt, Martijn; Kummer, Susanne (2021-06)Agroecology is a powerful strategy that reduces the trade-offs between productivity and sustainability. It promotes the diversity of crops and livestock, fields, farms and landscapes that together are key to improve ... -
Policy options for food systems transformation in Africa - from the perspective of African universities and think tanks: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
Abdelradi, Fadi; Admassie, Assefa; Asafu Adjaye, John; Ayieko, Miltone; Badiane, Ousmane; Glatzel, Katrin; Hendriks, Sheryl; Mbaye, Mame Samba; Mengoub, Fatima Ezzahra; Ramadan, Racha; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Sibanda, Simbarashe (2021-04)Within the context of the United Nations Food Systems Summit taking place in September 2021, this brief discusses key drivers of food systems in Africa, as well as the challenges and opportunities for transformation. It ... -
Priorities for inclusive urban food system transformations in the Global South: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit, May 10th, 2021
Moustier, Paule; Holdsworth, Michelle; Anh, Dao The; Seck, Pape Abdoulaye; Renting, Henk; Caron, Patrick; Bricas, Nicolas (2021-05-10)This paper is concerned with: (i) challenges to food systems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America caused by urban development, (ii) how existing food systems respond to these challenges, and (iii) what can be recommended to ... -
Reduction of Food Loss and Waste – The Challenges and Conclusions for Actions: Findings and Recommendations for Actions of an international Conference by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences with the Rockefeller Foundation ; Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit February 15, 2021
von Braun, Joachim; Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo; Steiner, Roy (2021-02-15)The global food system is malfunctioning, leaving large segments of the population undernourished or malnourished, and causing large environmental damage. Food losses in the production, processing and market- ing parts of ... -
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
Njuki, Jemimah; Eissler, Sarah; Malapit, Hazel; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Bryan, Elizabeth; Quisumbing, Agnes (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 ... -
The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems Globally: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
Fears, Robin; Canales, Claudia (2021-04)Although much progress had been made in past decades, the prospects for food and nutrition security are now deteriorating and the converging crises of climate change and Covid-19 present major risks for nutrition and health, ... -
The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
Hodson de Jaramillo, Elizabeth; Trigo, Eduardo J.; Campos, Rosario (2021-04)Food systems (FS) incorporate nutrition, health, resource use, biodiversity, transformation, jobs and livelihoods that ideally should be under the concept of the SDGs. The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) published since ... -
The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Africa: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Bekele, Endashaw; Chaibi, Thameur; Hassan, Mohamed; Miano, Douglas W.; Muyonga, John H. (2021-04)As recognised by the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa – 2024 (STISA-2024), science, technology and innovation (STI) offer many opportunities for addressing the main constraints to embracing transformation ... -
The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Asia: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
Moughan, Paul J.; Chamovitz, Daniel A.; Ayyappan, S.; Tanticharoen, Morakot; Lal, Krishan; Kim, Yoo Han (2021-04)This brief focusses on the role of science, technology and innovation (STI) in transforming the food systems of Asia and the Pacific to achieve long-term environmentally sustainable food and nutritional security, and draws ... -
The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation for Transforming Food Systems in Europe: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
Canales, Claudia; Fears, Robin (2021-04)The UN FSS provides an important stimulus to develop new momentum to tackle shared challenges for achieving food and nutrition security. For this Brief, EASAC provides an assessment of the science to update our previous ... -
Safeguarding and using Fruit and Vegetable Biodiversity: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
van Zonneveld, Maarten; Volk, Gayle M.; Dulloo, M. Ehsan; Kindt, Roeland; Mayes, Sean; Quintero, Marcela; Choudhury, Dhrupad; Achigan-Dako, Enoch G.; Guarino, Luigi (2021-04)Fruit and vegetable species and varieties, their wild relatives, and pollinators and other associated organisms underpin diverse food production systems and contribute to worldwide health and nutrition. This biodiversity, ... -
Secondary Cities as Catalysts for Nutritious Diets in Low- And Middle-Income Countries: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
van Zutphen, Kesso Gabrielle; Barjolle, Dominique; van den Berg, Sophie; Gavin-Smith, Breda; Kraemer, Klaus; Musard, Capucine; Prytherch, Helen; Six, Johan; Winter, Simon; Woltering, Kris (2021-04)The world is facing a global malnutrition crisis. One in nine people go to bed hungry, more than 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies whilst one third of the global population is overweight or obese [1]. ... -
Shift to Healthy and Sustainable Consumption Patterns: A paper on Action Track 2
Herrero, Mario; Hugas, Marta; Lele, Uma; Wira, Aman; Torero, Maximo (2021-04-07)Action Track 2 works to catalyse a shift in consumer behaviour that will create and build demand for sustainably produced agriand ocean food products, strengthen shorter value chains, promote circular use of food resources, ... -
The Bioeconomy and Food Systems Transformation: Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit February 17, 2021
Trigo, Eduardo; Chavarria, Hugo; Pray, Carl; Smyth, Stuart J.; Torroba, Agustin; Wesseler, Justus; Zilberman, David; Martinez, Juan F. (2021-04-17)The most widely recognized definition of bioeconomy was proposed in the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2018 framework: “bioeconomy is the production, utilization and conservation of biological resources, including related ... -
The Transition Steps Needed to Transform Our Food Systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 26, 2021
Webb, Patrick; Flynn, Derek J.; Kelly, Niamh M.; Thomas, Sandy M. (2021-04-26)Today’s food systems are asked to nourish the world’s growing population in ways that do no harm to either human or planetary health. However, the growing problems facing food systems now amount to a two-fold crisis. ... -
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
Rivera-Ferre, Marta G.; Mottet, Anne; Pereira, Laura; Penker, Marianne; Candel, Jeroen; Davies, Anne; Jackson, Peter; Heinonen, Marina; McAllister, Tim; Termeer, Katrien; Hristov, Alexander Nikolov (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 ... -
Trade and Sustainable Food Systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit June 8, 2021
Zimmermann, Andrea; Rapsomanikis, George (2021-06-08)Trade is an integral part of our food systems. It connects people at all stages of agricultural and food value chains, linking farmers with consumers across the world. It also links nations to each other and thus scales ...