food systems

ILRI News on food systems

26 Sep 2021

New drought-tolerant varieties rekindle hopes of food security in drought-prone Makueni County

A happy and hopeful Wilson Lati at his drought-tolerant Sorghum farm in Emali/Mulala Ward in Makueni Hoping against hope of decent harvests, farmers in the semi-arid and arid regions of eastern Kenya have always planted their traditional and favourite food crops – pigeonpea, green gram, sorghum,...

wanderaojanji

ILRI Asia blog

24 Sep 2021

Vietnam joins UN call to transform global food systems as UN Food Systems Summit kicks off

Transforming the food systems can help Vietnam attain many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (photo credit: CGIAR/Chris deBode). President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed Vietnam’s commitment to transforming food systems in a transparent, responsible, and sustainable manner in the ‘new...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

20 Aug 2021

Putting accountability at the centre of the UN Food Systems Summit

A thoughtful paper has just been published by the editors of the scientific journal Global Food Security on the need to establish ways to ensure that the United Nations Food Summit delivers on the commitments it will make this September. All hat and no cattle: Accountability following the UN food...

Steve StaalEmeritus Fellow(International Livestock Research Institute)

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Publications on food systems

Journal Article

Published2021

Can fruit and vegetable aggregation systems better balance improved producer livelihoods with more equitable distribution?

Journal Article

Published2021

Ex-ante evaluation of interventions to upgrade pork value chains in southern Myanmar

Journal Article

Published2021

The challenges of aligning aggregation schemes with equitable fruit and vegetable delivery: Lessons from Bihar, India

Journal Article

Published2021

Sustainable food systems and nutrition in the 21st century: A report from the 22nd Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium

Presentation

Published2021

Global food systems and zoonoses

Brief

Published2021

Livestock and sustainable food systems―Status, trends, and priority actions: United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021

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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...