A new report by IPES Food finds that powerful new alliance between Big Tech corporations (including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alibaba) and Big Ag firms is rapidly gaining control of farming under the guise of innovation. It argues corporate-led digitalization of agriculture is failing to deliver ecological resilience, equity, or sustainability.

This book describes the development of aquaculture in the world and covers: Essential concepts, approaches and uses; fish, plants and bacteria; design and monitoring of an aquaculture system and regulatory, societal and economic challenges

Using Sweden as an illustrative case, this study explores actors’ perceptions of influence to change grain legume consumption and production, and examines system structures that support or hinder these actions. Findings suggest most actors attribute influence to others than themselves, most frequently the national government. 

In The Accidental Seed Heroes, Adam Alexander meets a range of seed innovators, who are not only championing traditional varieties but also breeding delicious new ones that will help create a sustainable future for our planet.

This report by the Malabo Montpellier Panel explores strategies to boost Africa’s processing capacity and the challenges that currently hinder its growth and sustainability. It highlights successful case studies in Senegal, Kenya and Ghana. 

CEO of the premium fruit and vegetable wholesaler, Natoora, Franco Fubini, argues flavour can lead us to a better food future. By looking to flavour, he claims we can unpick the industrialisation of our food production, restore nutrition and seasonal diversity to our plates and the craft of growing back to our landscapes.

This book makes the case for an urgent move away from industrial agriculture towards regenerative farming and the promotion of plant-based diets. It features renowned experts such as Vandana Shiva, Jennifer Clapp, Olivier De Schutter and Henry Dimbleby as they discuss the routes in policy and practice to transform the food system. 

This report by the Perennial Green Manures project shows its experiments with a system of providing nitrogen to crops by use of trees and shrubs grown in 'bioservice areas'. It argues it increases farm resilience by providing shelter and habitats, but also produces nitrogen-rich foliage which is applied to cropland. This could have benefits over fertiliser nitrogen and traditional organic methods in reducing greenhouse gases. 

This report by the Breakthrough Institute argues for a more interventionist approach to decarbonising the food system by the US government, making up for the shortfall in private investment. In order for new food and agricultural innovations to provide climate benefits, the federal government must invest, the report says.