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Conversation with Robert Lustig, Metabolical

From SDG Academy on 27 May, 2021

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In this conversation, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Dr. Robert Lustig discuss the relationship between nutrition and non-communicable disease, the dangers of processed…

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Markets and Supply Chains

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Price fluctuations happen as a result of the storage process from seasonal harvests and the working of the markets and the supply chain, as these harvests need to be…

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What is Food Security?

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses food security and how food security is measured, who is food insecure and where they are located, as well as progress to date on addressing the…

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Aquaculture and Mariculture

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Most of marine aquaculture is not sustainable and is actually taking away protein from the human population. Around 1990, the wild capture fisheries leveled off at 95…

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Mechanisms to Stimulate Change

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Three mechanisms that are important for terminating transformative changes are the need for more coordinated action, the need for good policies that enable change, and…

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Socio-economic Dynamics of Food Systems

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses the drivers that impact food systems and health and nutrition outcomes, first focusing on natural resource capital, and then climate change,…

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Agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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The post-2015 agenda for sustainable development for the first time has agriculture play a significant role. Sustainable development can be traced to sustainable forest…

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Theoretical Framework of the Mediterranean…

Theoretical Framework of the Mediterranean Approach to Food Systems

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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Recently, a high level panel of experts on food security and nutrition has been created to advise the committee on world food security about how to promote more…

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Global Challenges Around Food

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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The first big challenge that the world suffers from is malnutrition, which means that people eat a diet that contains too few or too many nutrients: at this point, 800…

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The Role of Higher Education Institutions in…

The Role of Higher Education Institutions in International Cooperation, Exchange and Mobility

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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Through the analysis of two professions – the food designer and the innovation broker in agriculture – Massari describes how innovation in the agri-food…

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What Can I Do?

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter serves as a conclusion to the course Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability. It takes people to make a change. Be an informed…

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Crop Protection

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses pests and diseases, which are important in terms of crop losses to food systems. What are the options, principles, and practices that allow people…

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Sustainable Agriculture Intensification

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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There are five components to a sustainable health-enhancing food system: nutritious, healthier diets and safe food; less losses and waste; increased productivity on the…

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Food Losses and Waste

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses how and where in the food chain food is lost and wasted, how this impacts food security, and potential solutions for reducing loss and waste. Food…

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Monitoring Change

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses monitoring change as part of the sustainable development process. To change something, you need to have goal, targets, and indicators because the…

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Sustainable Farming Systems Under Environmental…

Sustainable Farming Systems Under Environmental Constraints

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses challenges for sustainable farming globally and in the Mediterranean region. Dynamic population growth poses the first problem; by 2050, the world…

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