As climate crises deepen, Africa must turn its hard-won experience and local knowledge into global leadership on climate, health, food systems and clean energy.
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Armed actors in fragile contexts typically engage in sectors where they can quickly extract profits.
The prevailing narrative that feeding the world is the preserve of industrial agriculture is based on flawed logic.
Agriculture is not just a victim of climate change. It is key to the solution. It must receive the same attention globally as fossil fuels and energy transitions.
Clearing huge tracts of land to plant one crop like maize has degraded land and put healthy food out of the reach of ordinary people. A new book has solutions.
Just as calls for health-care reform often focus on improving services, Canadians have the right to expect better outcomes from agricultural policies.
Local food systems are often hailed as being more sustainable than global food systems, but are these systems truly any better?
A guaranteed basic income is a promising tool for contributing to sustainability and justice across agriculture and fishing sectors.
Commitments made on the global stage must now be followed through with policy and regulatory reform at national, regional and continental levels.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has further destabilized global food chains supplies. Technological innovations like blockchain can help address these challenges.
Top contributors
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Professor of Climate Change, Food Systems and Health and Director of The Lancet Countdown in Africa, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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PhD Student, Environmental Sustainability, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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PHD Student, Geography, Environment and Geomatics/Arrell Food Institute, University of Guelph
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Co-director; Bureau of Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), Stellenbosch University
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Research Professional, Université Laval
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PhD Candidate, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
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Research Professor, Cornell University
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Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, Lakehead University
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Environmental Economics, Leiden University
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Professor of Economics, Dalhousie University
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Sustainable Food Systems, Dalhousie University
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Director, Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, Kwantlen Polytechnic University