Publications

Maganizo Kruger Nyasulu, Ingo Fetzer, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Fabian Stenzel, Dieter Gerten, Johan Rockström, Malin Falkenmark. 2024. African rainforest moisture contribution to continental agricultural water consumption. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109867

Precipitation is essential for food production in Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 80 % of agriculture is rainfed. Although ∼40 % of precipitation in certain regions is recycled moisture from Africa's tropical rainforest, there needs to be more knowledge about how this moisture supports the continent's agriculture. In this study, we quantify all moisture sources for agrarian precipitation (African agricultural precipitatio...

Blanca González-Mon, María Mancilla-García, Örjan Bodin, Willem Malherbe, Nadia Sitas, Catherine B. Pringle, Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Maja Schlüter. 2024. The importance of cross-scale social relationships for dealing with social-ecological change in agricultural supply chains. Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103191

Agricultural systems are important for the livelihoods and food security of millions of people. These systems are increasingly interconnected across scales and face challenges in responding to multiple, and coalescing types of environmental, social, and economic change. Most studies on how actors respond to change have focused on farmers and farming communities. In this study, we investigate the connectivity of farming systems...

Marta Tuninetti, Vittorio Giordano, Sara Constantino, Saverio Perri, Juan Rocha, Luana Schwarz, Jonathan F. Donges, Francesco Laio, Simon Levin. 2024. Positive Tipping Points in the Food Systems: the Role of Scales. EGU. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-22274

The global food system is at a critical inflection point with rising awareness of the need for change and progress on several fronts, pertaining both human health and the environment. One of the ten critical transitions envisioned by the Food and Land Use Coalitions states that global diets need to converge towards local variations of the “human and planetary healthy diet” which includes more protective foods a diverse protein...

Anne Charlotte Bunge, Rachel Mazac, Line Gordon, Michael Clark, Amanda Wood. 2024. Dataset for PBA Dietary Modelling Sweden. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22785692

This dataset contains all data generated or analysed during this dietary modelling study. This comprises: detailed description of the dietary scenarios that have been analysed in this study using two different functional units (mass-based and energy-based); all product data input into the calculation including environmental impact, nutritional values, price data and source name of the food product data; an overview of the Reco...

Oskar Nyberg, Andreas Novotny, Ashraf S. Sbaay, Ahmed M. Nasr-Allah, Diaa A.R. Al-Kenawy, Cristiano M. Rossignoli, Patrik J.G. Henriksson. 2024. Poultry manure fertilization of Egyptian aquaculture ponds brings more cons than pros. Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741040

Aquaculture is a crucial sector for Egyptian food production, providing a cheap source of animal protein while securing income and employment for a substantial part Egypt's population. Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) is the most commonly produced fish, usually farmed in earthen ponds around the Northern Delta Lakes. A common practice among farms is to fertilize ponds with chicken manure (CM) in order to increase nutrie...

Iryna Herzon, Rachel Mazac, Maijaliisa Erkkola, T Garnett, H Hansson, M Jonell, M Kaljonen, T Kortetmäki, Marjukka Lamminen, A Lonkila, Mari Helena Niva, Anne-Maria Pajari, T Tribaldos, Marjaana Toivonen, Hanna L. Tuomisto, Kari Koppelmäki, E Röös. 2024. Both downsizing and improvements to livestock systems are needed to stay within planetary boundaries. Nature food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01030-w

Rachel Mazac, Matti Hyyrynen, Niina E. Kaartinen, Satu Männistö, Xavier Irz, Kari Hyytiäinen, Hanna L. Tuomisto, Chiara Lombardini. 2024. Correction: Exploring tradeoffs among diet quality and environmental impacts in self-selected diets: a population-based study. European Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-024-03430-x

In the original version of this article, in the abstract, second sentence of the result sections which previously read. One cluster, including twenty percent of the individuals in the sample was identified as a “best compromise” diet with the highest diet quality and the second lowest environmental impacts of all clusters, except for freshwater eutrophication. Should have read One cluster, including eighteen percent of the ...

Rachel Mazac, Matti Hyyrynen, Niina E. Kaartinen, Satu Männistö, Xavier Irz, Kari Hyytiäinen, Hanna L. Tuomisto, Chiara Lombardini. 2024. Exploring tradeoffs among diet quality and environmental impacts in self-selected diets: a population-based study. European Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-024-03366-2

Proposed sustainable diets often deviate dramatically from currently consumed diets, excluding or drastically reducing entire food groups. Moreover, their environmental sustainability tends to be measured only in terms of greenhouse gases emissions. The aim of this study was to overcome these limitations and identify a cluster of already adopted, relatively healthy diets with substantially lower environmental impacts than the ...

Rachel Mazac, Morena Bruno, Michele Marini, Dario Caro. 2024. Assessing the sustainability of cultured meat in optimized Danish diets. Sustainable Production and Consumption. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.04.002

Reducing animal-sourced foods in diets saves a significant share of environmental impacts. Sustainable dietary patterns have proposed large reductions in red meats in particular. Foods with the potential to reduce the environmental impacts of diets are under increasing investigation, and cultured meat, produced by culturing animal cells, could play a key role, especially for diet transitions away from high red meat consumption...

Anne Charlotte Bunge, Rachel Mazac, Michael Clark, Amanda Wood, Line Gordon. 2024. Author Correction: Sustainability benefits of transitioning from current diets to plant-based alternatives or whole-food diets in Sweden. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47901-5