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

Research news | 2013-06-27

Keep farming or leave it back to nature?

The controversial outcomes of farmland abandonment

Research news | 2013-04-30

Then came the flood

New method can help clarify agricultural responses to crises

Research news | 2013-04-30

Not adding up

Not enough freshwater for both food production and carbon sequestration