This study presents a visual tool; the ‘Food Co-Centre Sustainability Compass’. Active involvement of stakeholders from the supply chain, public sector, civil society and research communities achieved consensus on which outcomes must be considered specific to the Irish and UK food system. While the Compass was developed primarily for the Irish and UK food system due to the scope of the project, it is fundamentally applicable in any geography.

This study found that China's national food-system emissions increased from 1.63 to 2.14 gigatons of CO2-equivalent, driven largely by energy-intensive food processing and transportation. While agricultural production remained the largest source of emissions, the relative contribution of post-production stages increased from 33.6% to 48.3% as urbanization advanced. 

This research explores how capacities for food citizenship and changemaking emerged via participation in large-scale food systems co-production. It uses creative and participatory methods including poetic inquiry and collage. It concludes that personal and social outcomes from co-production could support urban food systems transformation by creating conditions and capacities for food citizenship and food democracy; potentially catalysing further collective action. 

By managing the in-game resources efficiently, players learn how to keep a diet that is both healthy and good for the environment, while also understanding that these goals are sometimes in conflict.

Planetary Plate Puzzle is a co-design game that encourages participants from diverse backgrounds to engage in dialogue and find common ground on sustainable future diets. The game has been tested in research settings and later played at multiple events across Europe. It offers an alternative to often heated and polarized debates on such issues as meat versus vegetarian diets, or traditional versus modern eating practices. Although developed in Finland, this serious game can be used anywhere in the world. Focus of the game is on the human diet, consumption, how food is eaten and used, and prepared. Additionally, the game opens up discussions of the whole food system as players discuss and design their plate.

This book explores the potential of biofertilizers as a natural and eco-friendly alternative for promoting sustainable soil fertility management among smallholder farmers in Africa. It highlights current research trends on biofertilizers that can be adopted by resource-poor farmers, equipping stakeholders with knowledge to unlock relevant sustainable farming practices.

A new report from the Nature Friendly Farming Network in the UK argues that an ambitious transition to nature-friendly farming is correct way forward for farm businesses as well as for people and planet. It sets out how emphasising soil health, water management and nature on farms will help farmers navigate the growing economic and environmental pressures they face. 

IPES-Food’s latest report explores how geopolitical tensions, trade disruptions, aid cuts, and climate shocks are driving food price volatility and reshaping global food security – and offers recommendations for more resilient, self-reliant food systems.

This article claims that the beef and dairy sector of upper-middle countries demonstrate that it is possible to achieve net reductions in GHG emissions without reducing the production of animal source foods by increasing productivity and reducing herd sizes. However, in low-income countries, production growth is still driven by increases in animal numbers. The article argues that increasing productivity and reducing herd sizes across the world is required to meet the sector's climate targets.