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Innovation for inclusive value-chain development: Successes and challenges

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08-02-2018

This book uses case studies to examine a range of VCD experiences. Approaching the subject from various angles, it looks at new linkages to markets and the role of farmer organizations and contract farming in raising productivity and access to markets, the minimum assets requirement to participate…

Films about Food

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08-02-2018

Film is an incredible tool for effecting change in the food system with its unique ability to educate, inspire, and grow the movement for sustainable food and farming. Film can transport viewers to unseen territories, from Colombian coffee-growing regions to the bottom of the ocean, and unveil the…

Agrifood Atlas – Facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat

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20-02-2018

The list of the world’s largest 500 companies by turnover contains a huge number of firms engaged in agriculture and food. And the trend continues towards a further concentration of power. Agrifood corporations are driving industrialization along the entire global value chain, from farm to plate.…

European Commission launches Knowledge Centre to boost food quality and step up the fight against food fraud

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15-03-2018

Responding to consumer concerns about food quality and fraudulent practices concerning food, on 13 March 2018, the European Commission is launching a Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality, operated by the JRC.

The COPs and the process of Capacity Building in the UNCCD throughout the years

Can Strategic Spatial Planning Contribute to Land Degradation Reduction in Urban Regions? State of the Art and Future Research

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28-05-2018

Land degradation is becoming a serious environmental issue threatening fertile agricultural soils and other natural resources. There are many driving forces behind land degradation. The expansion of artificial surfaces due to various economic activities, such as housing, industry, and transport…

The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste

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13-04-2018

Food waste has tremendous economic, social, and environmental consequences, but it is preventable. First-of-its-kind research on behalf of Champions 12.3 finds a robust business case for hotels to reduce this inefficiency

FAO Launches Initiative to Scale Up Agroecology in Support of the SDGs

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13-04-2018

The Second International Symposium on Agroecology was held 3-5 April 2018 in Rome, Italy. Participants discussed how Agroecology can be scaled up so that it delivers benefits for multiple SDGs. They launched the 'Scaling up Agroecology Initiative' as a framework for concerted action and partnerships…

ATONU web-based “Nutrition-Sensitive Intervention (NSI) Selection Tool”

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24-04-2018

The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) and partners are pleased to share an updated version of the web-based tool “ATONU's Nutrition-Sensitive Intervention (NSI) Selection Tool”. The tool assists development practitioners working in the agriculture sector to…

Relationship between food waste, diet quality, and environmental sustainability

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27-04-2018

This analysis finds that US consumers wasted 422g of food per person daily, with 30 million acres of cropland used to produce this food every year. This accounts for 30% of daily calories available for consumption, one-quarter of daily food (by weight) available for consumption, and 7% of annual…

Foodsource-A free and evolving resource to empower informed discussion on sustainable food systems.

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16-05-2018

A free and evolving resource to empower informed discussion on sustainable food systems.

Multi-objective land use allocation modelling for prioritizing climate-smart agricultural interventions

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17-05-2018

Climate-smart interventions in agriculture have varying costs and environmental and economic impacts. Their implementation requires appropriate investment decisions by policy makers that are relevant for current as well as future scenarios of agro-ecology, climate and economic development. Decision…

The economic impact of reducing food waste in Germany, Poland and Spain

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25-05-2018

A new study has quantified the economic impact of reducing avoidable food waste in Germany, Poland and Spain. The researchers modelled impacts on production, GDP and employment. The results show that reducing food waste from households has the greatest impact, although policy measures should be…

TEEB for Agriculture & Food: Scientific and Economic Foundations report

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04-06-2018

Communities across the world are becoming more interested in eating a healthy, nutritious, and low-footprint diet. But there remains a big disconnect between consumers, producers, and the impact current production and consumption patterns have on the environment and climate. What can you do? The…

New Report Sets Targets for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems

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18-01-2019

A new report from the EAT-Lancet Commission for Food, Planet, and Health offers first-ever scientific targets for global diets and sustainable food production. It provides a customizable, universal guideline for healthy eating and a consensus on the urgency of food system change. Using an approach…

Photo Competition 2018 / Concours Photo 2018 / Concurso de Fotografía 2018 - VOTING PROCESS

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Out of all submissions during the last weeks, the Capacity Building Marketplace (CBM) Team is more than pleased and excited to announce the 20 pre-selected photos which are under consideration for the final stage of our 2018 Photo Competition.

From those 20 short-listed photos, each voter can choose up to 5 favorite pictures! Every vote has the same value and is equal to one point.

U.N. decade of ecological restoration would mobilize cost-effective action: El Salvador’s Lina Pohl

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03-07-2018

At a major Bonn Challenge event in Brazil in March, Lina Pohl, El Salvador’s minister of environment and natural resources, joined Brazil in urging the international community to support a decade of landscape restoration. Now, international momentum is building in support of the initiative, a…

Visit Students from Bonn University at UNCCD

On Thursday the 5th July 2018, the UNCCD Secretariat, represented by its Capacity Building Marketplace (CBM) hosted students from the University of Bonn, completing the Masters in Agricultural and Food Economics (AFECO).

Global land use implications of dietary trends

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03-09-2018

Global food security and agricultural land management represent two urgent and intimately related challenges that humans must face. The authors quantify the changes in the global agricultural land footprint if the world were to adhere to the dietary guidelines put forth by the United States…

Rising carbon will mean shrunken harvests

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05-09-2018

Higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere don’t just mean a warmer world: they could also mean both shrunken harvests and a less nourishing diet.

Tele-connecting local consumption to global land use

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10-09-2018

Globalization increases the interconnectedness of people and places around the world. In a connected world, goods and services consumed in one country are often produced in other countries and exchanged via international trade. Thus, local consumption is increasingly met by global supply chains…

Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says

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14-09-2018

821 million people now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting hunger eradication goal at risk

Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels

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18-01-2019

Food production is a major cause of energy use and GHG emissions, and therefore diet change is an important behavioural strategy for reducing associated environmental impacts. However, a severe obstacle to diet change may be consumers’ underestimation of the environmental impacts of different types…

Future of Food and Beverage . The new Raconteur report

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28-09-2018

The way we produce and consume food is changing, and fast. Producers must leverage modern farming techniques, factories must revolutionise the way they plan, and produce supply chains must be completely overhauled to account for years like 2018, which saw the Beast from the East give way to the…

Well-fed world can slow warming too

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12-10-2018

The well-fed world scientists say is possible by 2050 could also halve global warming emissions. But it would have to lose its appetite for meat.