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What do we know about the impacts of the next El Niño on agrifood systems?
Repost from https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/what-do-we-know-about-the-future-of-gender-equality-in-relation-to-food-system-transformation/ This post is part of a series developed by the Foresight Initiative around the question “what do we know about the future of food systems?” Visit the page: What do we know about the future of food systems…
What do we know about the future of agri-food systems in Eastern and Southern Africa?
Repost from https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/what-do-we-know-about-the-future-of-agri-food-systems-in-eastern-and-southern-africa/ This post is part of a series developed by the Foresight Initiative around the question “what do we know about the future of food systems?” Visit the page: What do we know about the future of food systems…
What do we know about the future of the environment and biodiversity in relation to food system transformation?
Repost from https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/what-do-we-know-about-the-future-of-the-environment-and-biodiversity-in-relation-to-food-system-transformation/ This post is part of a series developed by the Foresight Initiative around the question “what do we know about the future of food systems?” Visit the page: What do we know about the future of food systems…
New open access database is valuable for sustainable development in the energy and water sectors.
The news item below is reposted with permission from the IWMI news: https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/news/closing-the-african-data-gap/ The open access database can be accessed through the Foresight Portal. visit the open access database page…
Foresight Synthesis Briefs (1)
What do we know about the future of food, land, and water systems? Challenges related to poverty, hunger, nutrition, health, and the environment are widespread and urgent. One way to stress the urgency of making the right decisions about the future of the global food systems now is to better…
Income, consumer preferences, and the future of livestock-derived food demand
In recent decades there has been a sustained and substantial shift in human diets across the globe towards including more livestock-derived foods. Continuing debates scrutinize how these dietary shifts affect human health, the natural environment, and livelihoods. However, amidst these debates there remain unanswered questions about how demand for livestock-derived…
The future of forests and orangutans (Pongo abelii) in Sumatra: predicting impacts of oil palm plantations, road construction, and mechanisms for reducing carbon emissions from deforestation
Payments for reduced carbon emissions from deforestation (RED) are now attracting attention as a way to halt tropical deforestation. Northern Sumatra comprises an area of 65 000 km2 that is both the site of Indonesia’s first planned RED initiative, and the stronghold of 92% of remaining Sumatran orangutans. Under current…