food Archives

Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions

Journal article / A pan-tropical survey of emissions, coupled with supply-chain mapping, links emissions to consumer markets.

22 March 2019 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Mitigation, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Products containing phosphorus salmon fish, pine nuts, peanuts, anchovy, cheese, milk, eggs, broccoli, kiwi, potatoes, meat, beans garlic on a round cutting board and black wooden background

Eat your way to a healthier Baltic Sea

Feature / A look at phosphorus from mine to fork, problems it causes on the ocean and how we can leverage innovation to recover and reuse phosphorus.

22 March 2019 / About Food and agriculture, Innovation, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Water resources

Maintaining perspective of ongoing environmental change in the Mekong floodplains

Journal article / This article looks at rapid environmental change in the floodplains of the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam and calls for their sustainable development.

27 February 2019 / About Behaviour and choice, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Land use, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Food systems resilience: towards an interdisciplinary research agenda

Journal article / We contribute to the ongoing study of food by advancing a conceptual framework and interdisciplinary research agenda – 'food system resilience'.

28 January 2019 / About Food and agriculture

Bananas, cabbage and other fruits and veg in a cloth bag held by a man.

Fruit and vegetables important for mental well-being

Media coverage / Jonathan Ensor, Senior Research Fellow at SEI York and co-investigator at the IKnowFood project, comments on the context and benefits of the study.

13 February 2019 / About Food and agriculture and Innovation

StratKIT – Innovative Strategies for Public Catering

Project / StratKIT aims to develop the agenda of Green Public Procurements in the Baltic Sea region, circular economy and social cohesion.

2019 - 2024 / About Public policy

A screenshot from Trase, shown on a tablet computer

Change story: Trase – A game changer in supply chain transparency

Feature / There is a lack of transparency in global supply chains. The Trase initiative is changing the game of transparency and sustainability governance.

22 August 2018 / About Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture, Forests, Supply chains and Sustainable Development Goals

Farmer cultivating a field with a buffalo

Constraints to the capacity of smallholder farming households to adapt to climate change in South and Southeast Asia

Journal article / Based on discussions with almost 600 people, this paper explores how smallholder rural households can adapt to climate variability and change.

6 March 2018 / About Adaptation, Climate services, Food and agriculture and Public policy

Combining citizen science and food waste – exploring the untapped potential

Feature / SEI experts organised a brainstorming workshop for people interested in combining food waste research with citizen science approaches.

15 June 2018 / About Food and agriculture and Sustainable lifestyles