April 20, 2015
Choosing sustainability: food production to 2050
Fiona McKenzieAustralian Futures Project
It is often claimed that we need to increase global food production by 70-100% in order to feed the world in 2050. The assumption that food production is tied to food security dismisses the role of access and consumption to food. This is partly because food security is only weakly linked to the capacity of […] ...
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November 29, 2013
Pathways to Collaborative Action: Transforming Agricultural, Land, and Food Systems
Fiona McKenzieAustralian Futures Project
Editor’s note: After a month of exploring climate change and all its facets in relation to agriculture and land use, it’s clear that the challenges are great but so is the possibility for solutions. At the Global Landscapes Forum mid-month, leaders and experts in the field called for re-visioning agriculture, its mode of development, and […] ...
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March 18, 2013
Fostering Farmer-driven Innovation: Creating Opportunities for Sustainability
Fiona McKenzieAustralian Futures Project
Editor’s note: In the last two posts the Landscapes Blog looked at what is needed for transitions to more integrated and sustainable systems of agricultural production, in both an industrialized and developing nation context. These types of large-scale changes are often orchestrated with high level policy shifts, but individual farmers also play an essential role [&hellip ...
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