Projects Food Systems
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Deltas under Pressure
- Due to climate change and urban development, deltas are under pressure. Quick changes like climate change, salinization, water quality problems,... -
Feeding cities & migration
- Many developing countries are fast becoming urbanised. City dwellers face malnutrition, obesity and too little access to healthy food. A range of... -
Aquatic food systems
- There are several ways that marine systems could be better exploited in the fight for global hunger relief. Using the food system approach (FSA), we... -
Biodiversity en food systems
- Nature-based solutions that are inspired by or make use of natural processes are considered to have good potentials for increasing climate resilience... -
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient and Circular Food Systems
- Nature-based solutions are claimed to positively contribute to food security under climate change conditions. However, the knowledge underpinning this... -
Improving food systems in less-favoured areas in East Africa
- This project focuses on the transition of food systems in rural areas in East Africa, where vulnerable population groups are most affected by global... -
Multiple scales & extreme events
- Research on the water-food nexus has produced a large collection of models, datasets and knowledge. For an integral analysis of transition paths... -
Food Systems for Healthier and Sustainable Diets
- By 2050 the world population is estimated to have grown to around 10 billion people. The global challenge is not only how to feed the growing... -
N2AFRICA - Putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers in Africa
- N2AFRICA is a large scale, science-based “research-in-development” project focused on putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder... -
The Missing Middle
- In low and middle income countries, there is a Missing Middle between agricultural production and food consumption (SDG 2) that affects vulnerable...