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 | 2023-05-03

Five steps to design diets that are good for people and planet

What we eat globally needs to shift. National dietary guidelines can play a major role in improving peoples’ environmental food footprint. A new framework looks at how to create them

Research news | 2022-10-24

What is the future of synthetic chemicals and GMOs in sustainable food systems?

Synthetic chemicals and GMOs can lead to lock-ins and surprises in food systems that must be navigated in transformations to sustainability

Research news | 2022-09-19

Turning food by-products into fodder could feed a billion people

Using waste from food production to feed livestock and aquaculture could help feed more people with less

Research news | 2020-07-22

Crop rotation mitigates pest resistance

Why rotating and diversifying crops can help keep the corn rootworm away

Research news | 2020-06-21

Climate smart cocoa production in Ghana may not be all that smart

Production model promises triple wins for smallholders and the environment. That may be too good to be true

Research news | 2019-06-03

How green is green economic development?

Poor farmers in the forested uplands of Laos provide a reality check on a much embraced concept

Research news | 2019-03-19

Flipping the tortilla on Spanish food systems

Traditional knowledge about how to eat, process and farm food in harmony with nature can contribute to more sustainable food systems

Research news | 2019-03-08

Disrupted food practices in the Himalayas

How remote villages in the Eastern Himalayas have become symbols of forced-upon policies and globalisation