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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Nature Food - Socio-demographic trends in diet-related environmental impacts

The environmental and health impacts of diets vary by socio-demographic group, population trends and diet composition. Per-capita environmental impacts tend...

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Reduced meat and dairy consumption improves health, environmental and most nutritional outcomes without increasing diet costs among Scottish adults - Nature Food

Using microsimulation of Scottish Health Survey adults, this study compares 33 pathways for achieving the UK Climate Change Committee meat and dairy reduction targets. Most pathways improved nutrient ...

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Dietary footprints across populations - Nature Food

Diets affect both human and planetary health. Recent research reveals how dietary footprints vary across demographic groups and offers new data and methods for future studies.

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Agri-environmental policies have reduced cropland degradation globally - Nature Food

Evidence on the effectiveness of national policies against cropland degradation is limited. Using global satellite data from 2001 to 2019, this study addresses this gap and reveals which country chara...

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People without clean drinking water face increased food insecurity and food safety threats - Nature Food

Across 121 countries, survey respondents without clean drinking water were more likely to report lacking food and experiencing threats to food safety. This pattern was consistent across all country‑in...

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Limited net-export capacity undermines the Netherlands’ ‘feeding the world’ narrative - Nature Food

The Netherlands is one of the world’s top trading countries and the second largest exporter of agricultural goods. Using an agroecological food system model, this study examines the feasibility of thi...

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Reframing halal for global consumers - Nature Food

Saudi Arabia is seeking to reposition halal from a label focused on religious permissibility to a broader trust mark that explicitly encompasses food safety, quality and nutrition. This matters becaus...

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Policy synergies outweigh trade-offs for NH3 and N2O co-control in China - Nature Food

Targeted strategies to simultaneously reduce NH3 and N2O emissions in agriculture are urgently needed. By combining high-resolution emissions inventories with policy scenario analysis, this study eval...

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Ultraprocessed food research and scientific discourse - Nature Food

Ultraprocessed food research faces several methodological limitations that warrant careful scientific examination rather than rhetorical dismissal. Advancing research quality and fostering open dialog...

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Global reallocation of rainfed crops can boost production and reduce climate risk - Nature Food

Spatial optimization can reduce production risk and improve output without expanding land or irrigation, but meeting future demand will require a combined strategy of global crop redistribution, yield...

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Agri-environmental policies curb cropland degradation globally but effects vary widely - Nature Food

We provide global causal evidence that agri-environmental policies reduce cropland degradation. Using a dataset that links approximately 4,700 national policies to 83 million cropland observations wor...

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Cropland edge management enhances the adaptability of cropland productivity to extremely dry events - Nature Food

Climate change and rapid urbanization are fragmenting periurban cropland, increasing edge disturbance and vulnerability to hydrological extremes. This study shows that cropland edge reduction and ecol...

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Principles for guiding and unlocking transformation of the European Union agrifood system - Nature Food

European agrifood systems face sustainability and resilience challenges. This Perspective identifies five systemic lock-ins hindering transformation and proposes guiding principles to address these is...

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Machine learning-optimized composting strategies can enhance nutrient recycling and transform food system waste into a net carbon sink - Nature Food

Organic waste mismanagement can degrade soils and increase pollution. A machine learning approach using data from 848 global composting experiments reveals 19 key management parameters and strategies ...

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The debate on ultra-processed foods - Nature Food

The strength of the evidence linking ultra-processed foods to adverse health outcomes polarizes the opinion of the scientific community. Two Perspectives published side-by-side in this issue of Nature...

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A lack of clean drinking water is associated with lacking food and experiencing food safety threats in 121 countries across the globe - Nature Food

Food preparation typically requires access to clean drinking water. This Analysis of data from the World Risk Poll explores the links between food sufficiency, clean drinking water availability and th...

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The validity and utility of Nova and the concept of ultra-processed foods for science and policy - Nature Food

Policymakers often dismiss the health risks associated with the intake of ultra-processed foods, alleging conceptual imprecision and limited evidence. This Perspective offers responses to four such cr...

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Climate change and interprovincial trade move grain production and environmental burdens northwards in China - Nature Food

Northward shifts in China’s grain production, driven by expanded trade and climate change, transfer environmental burdens to less affluent northern regions—a trend that is environmentally and economic...

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National phosphorus action to meet the United Nations call - Nature Food

Phosphorus mismanagement threatens food security, water quality, climate and biodiversity. This Comment outlines how countries may establish national working groups and action plans to tackle these ch...

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Who gets to speak for science in the race to transform global food systems - Nature Food

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Changing paradigms through practice - Nature Food

While the need to transform food and agriculture through a systemic approach may seem obvious, how to do it given siloed policies and structures is unclear. Corinna Hawkes, Director of the Division of...

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