Research story | 2025-10-27

Chinese mountain model shows new way for building resilience

Chinese cities, farms, and conservation zones all compete for limited land, while rising temperatures, land degradation, and erosion threaten local livelihoods. A new study in Huangshui River Basin, by an international team of researchers, shows how decision-makers on local and national level can collaborate better and create more resilient societies.

Research story | 2025-10-03

EAT-Lancet 2025: Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions ...

Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent millions of deaths, according to the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission.

Research story | 2025-09-22

Shifts in food system can help Sweden meet its environmental goals

A new study reveals that Sweden has a high potential to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 through changes in its food system. Key strategies include adjusting diets, phasing out fossil fuels across the food chain and reducing food waste. Together, they can help us stay within the planetary boundary for climate and improve people’s health.

General news | 2025-05-23

3.5 million SEK awarded to TAELabs to lead agroecology innovation

In the first call within the European partnership AGROECOLOGY, Formas is funding six research- and innovation projects. One of the projects awarded 3.5 million SEK is “ Territorial Agroecological Living Labs (TAELabs)”, led by Jamila Haider at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.

Research in short | 2025-03-03

A new tool for navigating just food system transformations

The JUSTRA matrix uses key questions to examine how justice has shaped food systems in the past, how it affects them now, and how it should guide future decisions. By using this tool food system players can work toward a fairer food system.

Research story | 2025-01-13

Lab-grown coffee and cocoa: A solution to rising prices and environmental harm?

Start-ups are racing to develop lab-grown alternatives to coffee, cocoa, and palm oil, aiming to reduce the environmental and social harm linked to these crops while meeting rising global demand. Yet, little is known about the full potential and consequences of these innovations, according to a new study published in Nature Food.

Research story | 2024-09-17

Exploring gastronomic landscapes – a new approach for food system sustainability

New study highlights the potential of culinary craftsmanship as a tool for diverse and resilient landscapes

Research in short | 2024-08-26

Power and protein – how to close the justice gap in food transformations

The global shift away from animal-source foods and towards plant-based and alternative proteins is crucial to reducing the food system's impact on our planet. However, focusing solely on closing the 'protein gap' risks overlooking a more pressing issue: the justice gap.

Research news | 2024-01-22

Soy: A world journey from success to uncertainty

From a bean valued for its multitude of functions in ancient China to one of the most traded agricultural commodities of the modern world: the soybean has gone through dramatic changes throughout the millennia.

Research news | 2022-10-14

In Colombia, a new war rages on people and nature

Six years after the Colombian peace agreement, crucial ecosystems and local communities are still caught in the crossfire

Research news | 2022-10-05

Centre strengthens its food system research with five new postdocs

Amid ongoing global food crises, the Stockholm Resilience Centre adds to its portfolio of food system research by hiring five new postdoctoral fellows

Research news | 2018-11-17

On the other side of the ditch

Study reveals deeply contrasting realities for farmers in South Africa

Research news | 2018-04-12

A resilient food future for the people of the forest

New documentary film highlights social-ecological challenges facing Ethiopia's food production systems

Research news | 2017-02-21

A new landscape for agriculture

The impacts and benefits of agricultural landscapes are more visible through a resilience framework , new study argues

Research news | 2016-08-29

Too intense?

Why global agriculture must become key contributor to sustainable development rather than largest driver of environmental change

Research news | 2016-03-23

Halving hunger

Improved water management could boost agricultural yields and halve global food gap by 2050

Research news | 2015-03-19

Missing a great opportunity

Nature Commentary: Meeting global food needs requires increased rainwater harvesting in Africa

Research news | 2014-05-28

Water harvesting for increased agricultural production

New assessment tool can help optimise water harvesting and boost food security in Ethiopia

Research news | 2013-09-13

Caring is protecting

Farmers' interest in nature contributes to higher levels of biodiversity

Research news | 2013-09-05

Beefed up

Smarter water management crucial for Uruguay's growing livestock production