Food

This year, World Food Day and Blog Action Day fell on October 16th. World Food Day focused on “Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition”, while Blog Action day narrowed in on the topic of Human Rights. These two themes, in fact, complement each other under the banner of the “right to food.” As […]

The future holds many uncertainties that could lead to conflicts over natural resources. This blog shows the ways in which a landscape approach that takes into account socio-economics and geography could lead to better management and less conflict. The ability to manage conflict, however, also depends on how reliable and legitimate stakeholders view the land […]

Land use diversity can support ecosystem services such as biological pest control and reduce the need for insecticides. Empirical evidence in support of this principle has been collected in North America, Europe and Australia. But very limited information is available from developing countries, where smallholder farming is predominant and local people likely need safe food […]

Important research released in recent years has highlighted numerous effects of crops being lost along the supply chain, ­ money is lost, food  supplies are lessened, and agricultural inputs such as water, energy, and labor are wasted. Yet, this partnership challenges us to zoom out to  see an even bigger picture. As postharvest losses disrupt […]

  Buckminster Fuller wryly commented that the earth is like a spaceship that didn’t come with an operating manual. As we come up against boundaries of our planet’s natural resources and capacity to absorb wastes, we urgently need to figure out what options will work best to manage competing uses for our global sources and […]