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View article: Policy Brief: Unlocking the values of unseen food species: a cautious approach
Policy Brief: Unlocking the values of unseen food species: a cautious approach Open
All authors are members of the IRD’s knowledge community on sustainable food systems (https://www.ird.fr/la-communaute-de-savoirs-systemes-alimentaires-durables-syad)
View article: Biofortification versus diversification to fight micronutrient deficiencies: an interdisciplinary review
Biofortification versus diversification to fight micronutrient deficiencies: an interdisciplinary review Open
Summary Two plant production-based strategies – biofortification and dietary diversification – have been advocated to overcome micronutrient deficiencies, which are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The respective be…
View article: Sustainable food systems for food security. Need for combination of local and global approaches
Sustainable food systems for food security. Need for combination of local and global approaches Open
Food and nutritional security refers to the challenge of providing sustainable, healthy and accessible food to all people. It has four interconnected dimensions: availability, access, utilization and stability. Tackling this tremendous cha…
View article: How could science–policy interfaces boost food system transformation?
How could science–policy interfaces boost food system transformation? Open
The world’s food systems must be transformed to make healthier diets more accessible for all, while increasing the sustainability and resilience of these systems, as clearly called for in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Scient…
View article: Institutional Innovations For Organic Agriculture In Africa
Institutional Innovations For Organic Agriculture In Africa Open
What are the main drivers and bottlenecks that shape the development of the organic sector in Africa? Which factors can support an organic transition in Africa? In this paper, we hypothesize that in order to scale up organic agriculture, f…
View article: Bi-regional Scientific Cooperation on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture
Bi-regional Scientific Cooperation on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture Open
This chapter argues that Africa–Europe cooperation still faces two significant challenges: first, the practical implementation of innovative solutions to the challenge of assuring food security is still lagging behind; second, equal partne…
View article: Governing ecosystem services for building resilience in food security
Governing ecosystem services for building resilience in food security Open
Food is a very basic human need which can't be met without nature and the ecosystem services it provides. In West Africa, a large part of the population is chronically food insecure and affected by recurrent crises while natural resources …
View article: The Negative Side of the Agricultural‐Nutrition Impact Pathways: A Literature Review
The Negative Side of the Agricultural‐Nutrition Impact Pathways: A Literature Review Open
Agricultural development interventions and policies have an impact on the nutrition of individuals through changes in food availability, in food diversity, in food prices, and changes in farmers' income. Less straightforward, they also ent…
View article: Governance of food and nutrition security: impact assessment and accountability within the Committee on World Food Security
Governance of food and nutrition security: impact assessment and accountability within the Committee on World Food Security Open
As food prices spiked on agricultural markets and political instability spread throughout the world in 2007-2008, food and nutrition security (FNS) has arisen again on the development agenda. It was through the issue of price volatility th…
View article: Governing Food and Nutrition Security in Food-Importing and Aid-Recipient Countries: Burkina Faso and Ethiopia
Governing Food and Nutrition Security in Food-Importing and Aid-Recipient Countries: Burkina Faso and Ethiopia Open
The paper analyses the food and nutrition security (FNS) governance in some net food importing countries by looking at how the multidimensional nature of FNS challenges is addressed in policy-making processes. Two countries are particularl…