Emerging biofuel crop frontiers risk repeating old land injustices - Nature Food

Past biofuel expansions reveal that when industrial-scale investment outpaces land governance, independent scrutiny and community participation, low-carbon crop transitions can reproduce land concentr...

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Global patterns and feasible improvement potential of phosphorus use efficiency in cereal croplands - Nature Food

Low phosphorus use efficiency limits crop production while accelerating the depletion of finite phosphorus resources and environmental pollution. Using a machine learning framework that incorporates f...

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Interrupted salt iodization harmed child health and education in Ethiopia - Nature Food

Ethiopia’s iodized salt supply was cut off in May 1998, limiting intake to the iodine levels in local foods. We found a significant drop in child survival and academic achievement, especially in rural...

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Systematic review of nutrient profile models for front-of-pack nutrition labelling - Nature Food

Nutrient profile models (NPMs) underpin front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOPNL), which can help consumers to make healthier food choices. This systematic review identifies and characterizes existing...

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Remote sensing, fairness and institutional capacity in European agricultural governance - Nature Food

Institutional and structural barriers limit the effective use of remote sensing in European Union agricultural governance, constraining its potential to enable fair, resilient and environmentally soun...

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A systematic review of the climatic impacts, diverse adaptation pathways and multiple adaptation barriers for inland aquaculture - Nature Food

Inland aquaculture faces varied climate impacts. This systematic review identifies 53 adaptation options and 17 barriers, highlighting the need for tailored strategies, policy coherence, better inform...

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Large nutritional and environmental improvements can be achieved across the product portfolios of major UK food and beverage manufacturers - Nature Food

Food and beverage manufacturers have the potential to contribute to the transition towards a more nutritious and sustainable food system. By analysing products sold by 44 major food and beverage manuf...

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Considerations for maximizing the effectiveness of debt-for-food swaps - Nature Food

Debt-for-food swaps have been presented as instruments that can simultaneously mobilize additional resources for food security and alleviate debt distress in countries with heavy debt burdens. A recen...

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The attainable potential of agricultural solutions - Nature Food

As the range of agricultural technological solutions expands, questions emerge about how to assess their technical potential under differing local conditions and what that means for food security.

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High-resolution carbon and biodiversity mapping shows correlated losses across space and agricultural products - Nature Food

Food systems substantially impact carbon storage and biodiversity, with food consumption driving four-fifths of losses on agricultural land, particularly through animal-sourced foods. Targeted interve...

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The beneficial relation between soil organic carbon and maize yield in field trials does not translate to real-world farms in Northeast China - Nature Food

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is widely recognized for its potential to enhance agricultural productivity and contribute to climate mitigation, yet its benefits in real-world farming contexts remain uncer...

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Food systems literacy in Indigenous health and nutrition - Nature Food

Indigenous and traditional knowledge can help to address climate, biodiversity and nutrition challenges, yet medicalized top-down approaches prevail. This systematic review explores how food systems l...

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Seafood consumption could help fill nutrition gaps in Brazil - Nature Food

Brazil’s seafood consumption remains low despite its rich marine biodiversity. The study suggests that better use of seafood could help address nutritional gaps, in combination with improved fisheries...

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Food systems performance evaluated against targets and benchmarks reveals urgent gaps and a path to 2050 - Nature Food

This study identifies targets and proposes benchmarks for 44 indicators from the Food Systems Countdown Initiative. The analysis reveals what is required for their achievement at national and global l...

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Responsible use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for food security early warning systems - Nature Food

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are already enhancing food security early warning systems by improving data collection, event monitoring and forecasting. However, to avoid costly errors, ...

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Food waste recycling in the USA can reduce climate and nutrient pollution impacts yet risks plastic accumulation in soils - Nature Food

Life cycle assessment and mass balance modelling reveal trade-offs in diverting US food waste from landfills to composting and anaerobic digestion. Although climate impacts and nutrient loading would ...

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Adaptive policies balancing trade, productivity and cropland increases can support Zambia’s nutrition security under future climate shocks - Nature Food

Sub-Saharan Africa’s food systems are increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Using the integrated Future Estimator for Emissions and Diets (iFEED) framework, Zambian nutrition security and policy ...

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Artificial intelligence for food innovation - Nature Food

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how new foods are designed, produced and experienced. While AI has the potential to link molecular composition to functional and sensory performance and ac...

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Oil crop supply chains drive rising global biodiversity loss and outsource impacts to the tropics - Nature Food

Spatial assessments reveal that oil crop expansion, particularly in tropical regions, threaten global biodiversity. Hotspots of production and consumption are identified, showing that consumption-side...

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A cognitive perspective for climate-smart agricultural policy in the Indo-Pacific region - Nature Food

Climate-smart agriculture policy is failing because it ignores the stakeholder cognition that drives political decisions. Cognitive mapping can make these worldviews explicit, creating a powerful tool...

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Integrated policies could raise China’s soybean self-sufficiency and ease global land-use pressure - Nature Food

Soybeans are central to global food security, but rising demand for animal-sourced foods has made China highly dependent on imports, creating environmental spillover through deforestation and land-use...

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Sustainable diet shifts among adults in Scotland do not cost more - Nature Food

Reducing consumption of meat and dairy foods is essential for the long-term sustainability of the UK food system. A study quantifying the impact on environmental footprints, nutrient intake, health an...

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Land degradation is associated with larger crop yield gaps across global croplands - Nature Food

Land degradation is widely recognized as a threat to food security. Using high-resolution global data on multiple land degradation indicators and crop yield gaps, the study shows that greater historic...

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Global dietary estimates for conducting health, environmental and economic impact assessments - Nature Food

The Global Dietary Database for Impact Assessments provides information on what people eat across countries and demographic groups by integrating data on food availability, consumption and waste, as w...

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Youth lead current dietary emissions while seniors increasingly drive total emission growth - Nature Food

Analysis of age-specific dietary emissions in 149 countries shows that adolescents and young adults have the highest per capita emissions, while population aging, particularly in higher-income regions...

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An agroecological perspective on systems-level transformations to keep current food systems from degrading the global commons - Nature Food

Food systems face numerous challenges such as biodiversity loss and undernourishment. This Perspective presents a systems-thinking approach rooted in agroecology that can guide transformative changes ...

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Dietary environmental impacts and quality differ by socio-demographic characteristics - Nature Food

Dietary intake and supply chain data from 165 countries reveal demographic disparities in diet-related environmental impacts. Impacts are greatest among young, highly educated urban men, and healthier...

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