Image Resources Our extensive research library contains thousands of summaries of journal articles, reports and news stories that can be searched by keyword and category RESOURCES CATEGORYBooksBriefing paperEvent recordingFeatured articlesFeatured reportGameJournal articlesNews and resourcesReportsThink pieceVideoWorking paperWorkshop summary YEAR20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 Image Journal articles Nutrition-sensitive climate risk across food production systems This article warns that climate-risk assessment overlooks the roles of meat, dairy and seafood for dietary diversity and micronutrient supply, and predicts that nearly fifty countries are projected to face high climate risk for two or more micronutrients during this period, with ten countries facing high risk across all five. Read Image Journal articles Digital platforms in the agricultural sector: Dynamics of oligopolistic platformisation This paper explores the power and market dynamics of digital platforms in the agricultural sector. It warns that the collaboration between agribusinesses and tech companies that provide digital infrastructure and AI software, has the potential to reinforce the market position of established companies and increase farmers’ dependency on agribusiness. Read Image Journal articles Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries This study estimates that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) caused 2.2 million new cases of type two diabetes and 1.2 million of cardiovascular diseases across 184 countries in 2020 compared to 1990. It found that Latin America and the Caribbean had the highest SSB burden and Sub-Saharan Africa had the largest proportional increases. Read Image Journal articles Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach This article suggests that transdisciplinary sustainability research can become more transformative by encouraging reflexivity – active individual and collective critical reflection, helping decisions that influence which perspectives are included or excluded in research explicit. Read Image Journal articles The ‘terms and conditions’ of surveillance capitalism: theorizing agricultural data policy and governance Farm management platforms offer farmers surveillance over their operations, but this article argues farmers are in fact objects of ag-tech companies' surveillance when using said platforms. The author claims that companies' data policies create an ‘illusion of data ownership’ to protect valuable data. Read Image Reports Trading away the future? This report by NGO Feedback argues that current EU agri-trade policies do not reflect the urgent imperative of transforming our food system. It presents case studies of three commodities (soy, rapeseed, and beef) to demonstrate how EU agri-trade policies are at odds with EU policy objectives in climate change, public health, food security and farmers' livelihoods, global equity and animal welfare. Read Image Books Feeding People in a Crisis This book tells the story of changing patterns of food provision in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the pandemic to the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation, the authors discuss the food system’s winners and losers in a time of rapid social change. Read Image Journal articles Values-based food systems: the role of local food partnerships in England This paper outlines the concept of values-based food systems a term based around a common commitment to environmental sustainability and social justice. The paper examines the development of four multi-stakeholder local food partnerships in Birmingham, Bristol, Rotherham and Sheffield. Read Image Journal articles Realizing soil health for food security in Africa The study provides recommendations for scaling of soil health and fertility management in Africa through practical approaches to prioritization, evidence-based policy and effective extension services. Read VIEW MORE
Image Journal articles Nutrition-sensitive climate risk across food production systems This article warns that climate-risk assessment overlooks the roles of meat, dairy and seafood for dietary diversity and micronutrient supply, and predicts that nearly fifty countries are projected to face high climate risk for two or more micronutrients during this period, with ten countries facing high risk across all five. Read
Image Journal articles Digital platforms in the agricultural sector: Dynamics of oligopolistic platformisation This paper explores the power and market dynamics of digital platforms in the agricultural sector. It warns that the collaboration between agribusinesses and tech companies that provide digital infrastructure and AI software, has the potential to reinforce the market position of established companies and increase farmers’ dependency on agribusiness. Read
Image Journal articles Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries This study estimates that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) caused 2.2 million new cases of type two diabetes and 1.2 million of cardiovascular diseases across 184 countries in 2020 compared to 1990. It found that Latin America and the Caribbean had the highest SSB burden and Sub-Saharan Africa had the largest proportional increases. Read
Image Journal articles Reflexivity as a transformative capacity for sustainability science: introducing a critical systems approach This article suggests that transdisciplinary sustainability research can become more transformative by encouraging reflexivity – active individual and collective critical reflection, helping decisions that influence which perspectives are included or excluded in research explicit. Read
Image Journal articles The ‘terms and conditions’ of surveillance capitalism: theorizing agricultural data policy and governance Farm management platforms offer farmers surveillance over their operations, but this article argues farmers are in fact objects of ag-tech companies' surveillance when using said platforms. The author claims that companies' data policies create an ‘illusion of data ownership’ to protect valuable data. Read
Image Reports Trading away the future? This report by NGO Feedback argues that current EU agri-trade policies do not reflect the urgent imperative of transforming our food system. It presents case studies of three commodities (soy, rapeseed, and beef) to demonstrate how EU agri-trade policies are at odds with EU policy objectives in climate change, public health, food security and farmers' livelihoods, global equity and animal welfare. Read
Image Books Feeding People in a Crisis This book tells the story of changing patterns of food provision in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the pandemic to the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation, the authors discuss the food system’s winners and losers in a time of rapid social change. Read
Image Journal articles Values-based food systems: the role of local food partnerships in England This paper outlines the concept of values-based food systems a term based around a common commitment to environmental sustainability and social justice. The paper examines the development of four multi-stakeholder local food partnerships in Birmingham, Bristol, Rotherham and Sheffield. Read
Image Journal articles Realizing soil health for food security in Africa The study provides recommendations for scaling of soil health and fertility management in Africa through practical approaches to prioritization, evidence-based policy and effective extension services. Read