Food and agriculture

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

Managing water for the future: Can web-based river basin assessments show the way forward?

Perspective / SWARM, a new platform for water management, combines hydrological modelling and stakeholder input to improve river basin management in Southeast Asia.

13 March 2019 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Women lose out more to paraquat

Media coverage / Paraquat chemical farming has serious health impacts on women.

7 March 2019 / About Food and agriculture, Participation and Sustainable lifestyles

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

Complementarity in mid-point impacts for water use in life cycle assessment applied to cropland and cattle production in Southern Amazonia

Journal article / How can the impacts of water use on water cycles be better represented in life cycle impact assessments?

8 February 2019 / About Food and agriculture, Supply chains, Sustainable lifestyles, Water resources and Water-energy-food nexus

Africa integrated assessment on air pollution and climate change

Project / A scientifically robust and policy-relevant framework to identify and assess priority measures that maximize the multiple-benefits for air quality and climate.

2019 - 2026 / About Cities, Food and agriculture, Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

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

Close up of fresh oil palm fruits, selective focus.

Palm oil – can we enjoy it responsibly?

Media coverage / SEI's Ekaterina Bessonova unwraps the palm oil debate and explores why boycotting palm oil is not the solution.

17 February 2019 / About Climate policy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Sustainable lifestyles