food systems

ILRI News on food systems

26 Oct 2020

Sounding the alarm: The impact of COVID-19 on global food security and nutrition

Jimmy Smith , the director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), spoke on 14 Oct, 2020 about how to prepare for and prevent future pandemics at a Committee on World Food Security (CFS) high-level event . The event, held virtually over three days and in lieu of the...

David AronsonSenior Communications Advisor

ILRI News

29 Sep 2020

COVID-19 and the livestock sector: A wake-up call to optimize sustainable livestock production

Written by Cynthia Mugo How do we optimize livestock production systems to meet a growing global demand for food and nutritional security in economic, social and environmentally sustainable ways? This question was asked of participants who attended a virtual meeting for anglophone Africa livestock...

Paul KaraimuCommunications officer

ILRI clippings

29 Aug 2020

Getting beyond ’empty signifiers’—Food policy expert Corinna Hawkes asks: What are food systems for?

All children’s artworks on this page are from Artsonia Art Gallery. In the lead up to the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 , Corinna Hawkes , director of the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, UK, asks all of us concerned with ‘food systems’ of one kind or another to think...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

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Publications on food systems

Journal Article

Published2021

Identifying ‘win-win-win’ futures from inequitable value chain trade-offs: A system dynamics approach

Presentation

Published2020

Traditional food chains: Some thoughts on terminologies, perceptions and how to de-risk them to cope with food safety and pandemic threats

Presentation

Published2020

Information and Data Management CoP: Metadata Working Group

Presentation

Published2020

Resilient food and agriculture systems in Kenya within the COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges (focus on livestock)

Poster

Published2020

Food safety policy framework for Kenya: Lessons and best practices from the Vietnam experience

Presentation

Published2020

The many roads from farm to fork: Contrasting chicken systems and safety in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and the UK

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ILRI Projects on food systems

Jan 2021Sep 2025

Agroecology and safe food system transitions in Southeast Asia

Working in Cambodia and Vietnam, the project will strengthen capacity in food safety assessments, food safety performance, risk communication and evaluation of innovations. Objectives Build capacity in risk assessment and communication. Assess the performance of at least one food value chain in...