Research

Thematic Areas

• Global Food and Nutrition Security

  This area will aim to:

  • Develop climate-smart strategies to improve the level, efficiency and sustainability of nutrient-rich food production and consumption.
• Food Production and Distribution Systems

  This area will aim to:

  • Assess equity of access to nutritious and safe foods and develop strategies to overcome barriers.
  • Evaluate approaches to prevent and curtail the spread of pests and diseases of crops, livestock, fisheries.
  • Identify and develop solutions to market and value chain inefficiencies and constraints in terms of production, equity of food access, environmental impacts.
• Health, Economics, Livelihoods, and Society

  This area will aim to:

  • Assess and address tradeoffs and synergies of food production and diets with livelihoods, economics, health, and social systems.
  • Characterize the gender dynamics around production, preparation, and consumption of nutrient-rich foods.
  • Evaluate nutrition and health impacts of altering factors affecting the production and consumption of nutrient-rich foods.
• Food Production and the Environment

  This area will aim to:

  • Assess environmental impact of existing and alternative food systems and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Develop more biodiverse, nutrient and water efficient food production systems.
  • Explore routes to ‘circularity’ of food production and food systems.

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Upcoming Events

The Enabling Environment for Animal-Source Food Market Systems — Lessons from the Field

November 5, 2020
Join the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems and the Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security (EEFS) project for a three-part webinar series exploring three central categories within the enabling environment that impact ASF system success: supply-side factors, marketing factors, and financial services factors.

DSSAT 2021 International Training Program

May 17-22, 2021
The University of Georgia at Griffin, Georgia,
Assessing Crop Production, Water and Nutrient Management, Climatic Risk, and Environmental Sustainability with Simulation Models