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Commitments made on the global stage must now be followed through with policy and regulatory reform at national, regional and continental levels.
Humanity’s biggest challenges are not technical, but social, economic, political and behavioural. Effective actions are still possible to stabilise the climate and the planet, but must be taken now.
Our food systems are failing to feed all of us.
In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we pick apart what is broken and ways to fix it with two women who battle food injustice.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the problem of food insecurity for many people, especially racialized and Indigenous households.
The EU’s trading partners, including South Africa, will have to adhere to new regulations tied to the blocs ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy.
These organisations are ideally placed to contribute their fine-grained local knowledge. They intimately understand the specific needs of the most vulnerable in their communities.
Globally, experts are beginning to recognise that focusing on one aspect of food overlooks the trade-offs or sacrifices people make.
Stronger agricultural R&D systems will enable agriculture to power Africa’s transformation.
As the global South transitions to a predominantly urban future, food offers a way to understand the role of cities in future development.
Indigenous people in the US have high rates of food insecurity and dietary-related health problems. Any attempts to address the problem must start with land justice, argues a scholar of Native health and food.
Food production in the US is heavily concentrated in the hands of a small number of large agribusiness companies. That’s been good for shareholders, but not for consumers.
Modern agriculture releases lots of different greenhouse gas emissions, each with complex effects on the global climate.
Wildlife populations have plummeted by 68% since 1970. But we have a plan to turn things around.
Forests provide an essential buffer between people and wildlife — and the viruses they carry. Global agriculture is destroying forests, harming biodiversity and may be putting human life at risk.
South Africa’s food system is dominated by big firms, leaving small businesses to supply localised and under-served markets, and provide rural employment. It needs to be inclusive and diverse.
It’s time to redesign food systems that deliver healthy foods, allow farming families to make a good living, and support thriving societies.
There’s growing interest in making the US food system more resilient and flexible, but soil – the origin of nearly everything we eat – is often left out of the picture.
Small-scale dairy farmers are struggling across the US – but in New Jersey they’ve developed a model that keeps their products and their customers local.
Using innovative technologies like Bitcoin and automation can help protect our food supply chains from disruptions like the one caused by the current coronavirus pandemic.
Top contributors
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
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Professor and Dean of The Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph
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President, Food Secure Canada
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Research Associate in Plant Biology, University of Cambridge
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Co-director; Bureau of Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), Stellenbosch University
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DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, Director of Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
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Professor & Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
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Assistant Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, University of The Fraser Valley
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Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University
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CIGI chair in Gloal Migration and Development, Professor of Geography and Enviromental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Affiliate Full Professor of Environmental & Societal Futures and Conservation Biology, University of Washington, Bothell
