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Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems [PDF]

open access: yesNature Sustainability, 2020
Coupling technological advances with sociocultural and policy changes can transform agri-food systems to address pressing climate, economic, environmental, health and social challenges. An international expert panel reports on options to induce contextualized combinations of innovations that can balance multiple goals.
Christopher B. Barrett   +17 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Where women in agri-food systems are at highest climate risk: a methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Climate change poses a greater threat for more exposed and vulnerable countries, communities and social groups. People whose livelihood depends on the agriculture and food sector, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), face significant ...
Els Lecoutere   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Science, technology, agri-food systems, health, and wellbeing: logic, dynamics, and relationships

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The agri-food sector worldwide is the most important for life. The recent pandemic made it clear that the best way to resist, overcome and adapt to health problems is by maintaining a healthy, adequate and balanced diet.
Juan Manuel Vargas-Canales   +26 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Multifunctionality and Territoriality of Peri-Urban Agri-Food Systems: The Metropolitan Region of Madrid, Spain

open access: yesLand, 2022
This paper addresses the Multifunctional and Territorialised Agri-Food Systems (MTLAFS) in areas of direct urban influence, focusing on the metropolitan region of Madrid.
Nieves López-Estébanez   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Potato of the Future: Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainable Agri-food Systems. [PDF]

open access: yesPotato Res, 2021
In the coming decades, feeding the expanded global population nutritiously and sustainably will require substantial improvements to the global food system worldwide. The main challenge will be how to produce more food with the same or fewer resources and
Devaux A   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Gendered traditional agroecological knowledge in agri-food systems: a systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2023
Traditional agroecological knowledge (i.e. TAeK) is gaining recognition for its potential contribution to climate change adaptation in food systems, ecosystems restoration and food insecurity.
Ramirez-Santos AG   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Life-Cycle Assessment in Agri-Food Systems and the Wine Industry-A Circular Economy Perspective. [PDF]

open access: yesFoods
Rapid population growth, climate change, and resource depletion pose significant challenges to global food production, demanding sustainable solutions. A Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides a structured framework for evaluating the environmental impact ...
Marques C, Güneş S, Vilela A, Gomes R.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Legume Breeding for the Agroecological Transition of Global Agri-Food Systems: A European Perspective. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Plant Sci, 2021
Wider and more profitable legume crop cultivation is an indispensable step for the agroecological transition of global agri-food systems but represents a challenge especially in Europe. Plant breeding is pivotal in this context.
Rubiales D   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Underutilized crops for diverse, resilient and healthy agri-food systems: a systematic review of sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Sustain Food Syst
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces increasing water scarcity, food and nutrition insecurity, poverty and inequality under climate change. Under these circumstances, promoting locally adapted and nutrient-dense crops is touted as a plausible climate ...
Ndlovu M   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pre- and post-production processes increasingly dominate greenhouse gas emissions from agri-food systems

open access: yesEarth System Science Data, 2022
. We present results from the FAOSTAT emissions shares database, covering emissions from agri-food systems and their shares to total anthropogenic emissions for 196 countries and 40 territories for the period 1990–2019.
F. Tubiello   +19 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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