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 YEAR201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Resource Food Pricing Strategies, Population Diets, and Non-Communicable Disease: A Systematic Review of Simulation Studies In this systematic review published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers investigated the association between food pricing strategies and food consumption and non-communicable diseases by analyzing the results of published mathematical modeling studies of food pricing interventions. Read Image Resource Poorer quality wheat when carbon dioxide levels in the air rise Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have published a study in the journal Global Change Biology claiming that rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide have a negative impact on the protein content of wheat grain and thus its nutritional quality. Read Image Resource Animal Husbandry Regained: The Place of Farm Animals in Sustainable Agriculture A new book by John Webster, Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol, seeks to identify and explain the causes and contributors to current problems in animal husbandry, especially those related to 'factory farming', and advance arguments that may contribute to its successful re-orientation. Read Image Resource Transfrontier Conservation Areas: People living on the Edge Read Image Resource Diet-Climate Connection radio project The "Humankind" series on National Public Radio has produced a series of stories about the interrelatedness of the foods we eat and climate change. Read Resource Using scenarios to improve understanding of environment and security issues The Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) have produced a brochure outlining a participatory-based scenario-building approach that is being used to help explore the complex and uncertain impacts stemming from climate change. Read Resource CCAFS “Big Facts” site on climate change and food security The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) has launched the “Big Facts” website, a set of 30 facts integrating research on topics that include food demand, agricultural emissions, climate impacts, adaptation, and mitigation. Read Image Resource The Cocoa Barometer 2012 The Cocoa Barometer 2012, a joint initiative of the VOICE Network (a coalition of NGOs), has produced a report that aims to provide an overview of current sustainability developments in the cocoa sector. Read Resource Natural Resources Institute: A Review of the Literature and Knowledge of Standards and Certification Systems in Agricultural Production and Farming Systems Researchers at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) and the University of Leeds have published a new working paper in the NRI series on sustainable standards entitled “A Review of the Literature and Knowledge of Standards and Certification Systems in Agricultural Production and Farming Systems.” The paper outlines the rise of private standards in agriculture and explores their social, economic and environmental impacts. Read VIEW MORE
Resource Food Pricing Strategies, Population Diets, and Non-Communicable Disease: A Systematic Review of Simulation Studies In this systematic review published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers investigated the association between food pricing strategies and food consumption and non-communicable diseases by analyzing the results of published mathematical modeling studies of food pricing interventions. Read
Image Resource Poorer quality wheat when carbon dioxide levels in the air rise Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have published a study in the journal Global Change Biology claiming that rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide have a negative impact on the protein content of wheat grain and thus its nutritional quality. Read
Image Resource Animal Husbandry Regained: The Place of Farm Animals in Sustainable Agriculture A new book by John Webster, Professor Emeritus at the University of Bristol, seeks to identify and explain the causes and contributors to current problems in animal husbandry, especially those related to 'factory farming', and advance arguments that may contribute to its successful re-orientation. Read
Image Resource Diet-Climate Connection radio project The "Humankind" series on National Public Radio has produced a series of stories about the interrelatedness of the foods we eat and climate change. Read
Resource Using scenarios to improve understanding of environment and security issues The Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) have produced a brochure outlining a participatory-based scenario-building approach that is being used to help explore the complex and uncertain impacts stemming from climate change. Read
Resource CCAFS “Big Facts” site on climate change and food security The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) has launched the “Big Facts” website, a set of 30 facts integrating research on topics that include food demand, agricultural emissions, climate impacts, adaptation, and mitigation. Read
Image Resource The Cocoa Barometer 2012 The Cocoa Barometer 2012, a joint initiative of the VOICE Network (a coalition of NGOs), has produced a report that aims to provide an overview of current sustainability developments in the cocoa sector. Read
Resource Natural Resources Institute: A Review of the Literature and Knowledge of Standards and Certification Systems in Agricultural Production and Farming Systems Researchers at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) and the University of Leeds have published a new working paper in the NRI series on sustainable standards entitled “A Review of the Literature and Knowledge of Standards and Certification Systems in Agricultural Production and Farming Systems.” The paper outlines the rise of private standards in agriculture and explores their social, economic and environmental impacts. Read
