Year: 2022

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Presenting our technical paper on repurposing subsidies to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development

25th November 2022
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On the 22nd November 2022 the Global Panel held a meeting at the House of Lords, Westminster, hosted by Lord Ewen Cameron of Dillington. Prof Marco Springmann, co-author, presented the findings from our technical paper, Exploring Potential Benefits of Repurposing Agricultural Subsidies in sub-Saharan Africa, which aims to inform the debate around rebalancing and repurposing…

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Opinion: COP27 Must Prioritise Climate Adaptation of Food Systems

8th November 2022
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An opinion piece by the First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addu on why  COP27 must prioritise climate adaptation of food systems, especially in low and middle income countries, has been published today by Devex International Development.  The First Lady is a Champion within the African Leaders for Nutrition network and a Champion of Nutrition for Ghana. …

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Briefing for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Africa

28th April 2022
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’Future Food Systems – for people, planet and prosperity’, a briefing for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Africa.  On April 26, 2022, the FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) hosted a briefing to discuss the findings from the Global Panel’s Foresight report, Future Food Systems – for people, planet and prosperity,…

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Towards a ‘net-zero equivalent’ global food system

13th April 2022
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On the 5/6th April we held a 2-day event at St George’s House, Windsor Castle. This event was held to bring together leading decision makers and scientists to develop a deeper understanding of how a ‘net-zero equivalent’ target for food systems could play a key role in simultaneously addressing global environmental challenges (notably relating to…

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Opinion piece – It’s time to nourish Africa once and for all

24th March 2022
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Nature Food published an article today entitled “It’s time to nourish Africa once and for all.“ In the article Dr Adesina argues that for too long African countries have failed to make the necessary investments to provide sustainable, healthy diets for their citizens. Something that should be a basic human right. Today, nearly 250 million…

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Options for reforming agricultural subsidies from health, climate, and economic perspectives

20th January 2022
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On the 10th January 2022, Nature Communications published an article by Dr Marco Springmann, Foresight 2.0 report Lead Expert Group member and senior researcher, Oxford Martin School, and Dr. Florian Freund, economic researcher, Oxford Martin School, co-funded by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. The article discusses the use of integrated…

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Nutrition Research in Policy: Research impact on policy and practice in nutrition

12th January 2022
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The Nutrition for Growth Summit was held in Tokyo on 7-8th December 2021 to identify and discuss solutions to worldwide nutrition challenges as the world approaches the final decade of the Sustainable Development Goals. A side event was held on the 14th December with the Global Challenges Research Fund, UK Research Initiative, and the ANH…