Crop diversification is one of the most cost‐effective way of reducing uncertainties in farmer's
income, especially among poor smallholder farmers. However, poverty is a complex …

Sustained interest by the business community in commercial agriculture in the global South
has been welcomed for its potential to bring capital into long neglected rural areas, but has …

Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development.
Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are …

The globalisation of agrifood systems is a mega-trend with potentially profound nutritional
implications. This paper describes various facets of this globalisation process and reviews …

The demand for water, energy, and food resources increased in tandem with the world's
population, industrialization, and urbanization. Anthropogenic sources of environmental …

Off-farm income constitutes a substantial share of the household livelihood portfolios across
Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off …

Resilience is often considered a precondition for sustainable social-ecological systems. But
how can this understanding of resilience be applied to food systems? We operationalized …

Directed breeding of horticultural crops is essential for increasing yield, nutritional content,
and consumer-valued characteristics such as shape and color of the produce. However …

This paper reviews evidence on the impact of EU policies on global food security, focusing
on several EU policy areas: agricultural policy, bioenergy policy, food standards, trade …

In recent years, research on light emitting diodes (LEDs) has highlighted their great potential
as a lighting system for plant growth, development and metabolism control. The suitability of …