In one of our latest paper we explore public and political debates on lockdowns and the role of food security considerations in Africa.

How and across what dimensions are fruits & vegetables accessed in various retail #foodenvironments? A recent review in Global Food Security by researchers at Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine explored: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A recent study published in Global Food Security has shown that site-specific nutrient management can lead to a trifecta of benefits for smallholders: 🌽 High yields 💰 Strong profits 💧 Low nutrient losses Find out more via Phys.org 👇 bit.ly/3k2rJjm

Mobile financial services (mobile money, mobile banking etc.) could revolutionize smallholder farming in Africa, but this is not yet happening, as we show with representative data from Kenya. Open access paper in Global Food Security. martinparlasca ZEF sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

600M+ people fall ill annually due to foodborne illness. Over 1/3 of global population is malnourished. How do these high-burden challenges interact & how to better tackle them jointly? New Global Food Security paper w/ @GAINAlliance colleagues considers this: bit.ly/3re6HTx 1/

UN-Nutrition identified possible impacts of Covid-19 on #foodenvironments and consumers – adapting the Turner et al., 2018 food environment framework. Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy, Global Food Security /2

From Global Food Security: “In 2020 the biggest impact of Covid-19 on the different dimensions of food security has been on food access and not on food availability [from supply chain disruptions.]” Learn more about food #access amid the pandemic: Thread

Read the full article from Global Food Security here: bit.ly/3EArggu

Pleased to share our paper outlining the Nutrition Equity Framework, just published - with Jody Harris Phillip Baker @KBackholer Valarie Blue Bird Sharon Friel authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22… based on our earlier contribution to Global Nutrition Report thanks also @jessfanzo Global Food Security for support!

Continuity & change in the contemporary Pacific food system Global Food Security just out ⤵️ Led by Neil Andrew, we discuss the integration of the #Pacific #foodsystem into global #foodregimes, external drivers, #publichealth trends & suggest hybrid systems doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.… 1/3

In #LMICs, #foodsafety concerns drive #foodchoices. These concerns may play a role in decisions to consume #processed/#packaged foods & #starches/#staples. A new review by @UrsulaTruebs Mark Lundy & #DFCgrantees Amos Laar Michelle Holdsworth explored: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Global Food Security will continue to publish on "nutrition-sensitive agriculture." The latest: Implementation and scale-up of nutrition-sensitive agriculture in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of what works, what doesn't work and why. bit.ly/3qXXpcx

Pleased to see this new Global Food Security paper analyzing the usefulness and uptake of global #foodsystem reports and their recommendations.

In a paper for Global Food Security, we explore perceptions of African local stakeholders on mechanization, digitalization, and rural youth. Great team effort as part of @PARI_ZEF with 4 NARS partners, Dr. Oliver K. Kirui from ZEF and Wole Fatunbi from FARA Africa sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🔥#HOTOFFTHEPRESSES🔥 Always something new to learn about #driversoffoodchoice, especially in #LMICs‼️ Check out this new review piece by #DFCgrantee & CGIAR CIFOR researcher Dr. Amy Ickowitz & colleagues at World Agroforestry BOKU University in Global Food Security: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Read the stimulating article by Namukolo Covic and others on what's needed now to transform the world's #foodsystems—"All Hat and No Cattle"—in Global Food Security ifpri.org/blog/all-hat-a… ILRI.org CGIAR @GFARforum SDG2AdvocacyHub SDG Action YPARD YPARD Africa #UNFSS #WhyLivestockMatter

Our March issue is now out! So many scientific contributions across #foodsystems from stellar researchers across the world. Check it out! bit.ly/3n9AFoM

"More complex agroecological systems, that included multiple components (e.g., crop diversification, crop-livestock systems and farmer-to-farmer networks) were more likely to have positive food security and nutrition outcomes." Global Food Security Rachel Bezner Kerr sciencedirect.com/science/articl…!

READ recent paper in Global Food Security on "Fruit and vegetable #biodiversity for nutritionally diverse #diets" Yes, vegetable #agrobiodiversity and #nutrition are linked, with win-wins and trade-offs for policy and action. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Impacts of pandemic restrictions cut across locations and household characteristics. Income and food consumption effects were mostly similar in rural & urban areas. Research by: Mywish K. Maredia Saweda Liverpool-Tasie David Tschirley Read the full paper: Global Food Security bit.ly/3ukTrgJ