Food production
Policy report
The economics of the food system transformation
Sarah Lowder, Sebastian Nagenborg, Toby Pilditch, Alexander Popp, Isabella Wedl
This report identifies the elements of what a transformation from today’s food systems to an inclusive, health-enhancing and environmentally sustainable global food system entails.
Report
Australian food story: feeding the nation and beyond
Following a referral from the Federal Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Murray Watt, in October 2022, the House Standing Committee on Agriculture commenced an inquiry into food security in Australia. This is the final report from the inquiry. The report’s key recommendation is the formulation of a comprehensive National Food Plan, with clear objectives and...
Report
Reaping the rewards: cultivating a fair transition for farming
The overarching recommendation in this report is for the UK government to step up and bring forward an industrial strategy for food and farming. The authors argue that it should provide farmers with more support and greater certainty, intervene to rebalance risk and power across the whole supply chain, build a renewed connection between the...
Briefing paper
Red and processed meat in the context of health and the environment: many shades of red and green
There is growing international consensus that food systems transformation is important to address the challenges of malnutrition in all its forms, the burden of noncommunicable diseases, environmental sustainability, increasing inequality and ensuring the welfare of workers and animals. This information brief synthesizes the evidence on the role of red and processed meat production and consumption...
Policy report
Fostering agricultural and rural policy dialogue
This paper seeks to make a broad review of interlinkages and to provide some ideas for an overarching framing to clarify the synergies, complementarities and trade-offs between agricultural and rural policy approaches, with a view to enabling further suggestions for learning through dialogue.