The agenda on food safety for human health and other fauna and desire to overcome unreasonable use of agricultural inputs while conserving ecosystem services has been among the top priorities among nations for the past four decades. These are often proclaimed through various initiatives including the use of agroecological practices,...

Across countries, regions and communities, food systems are under profound strain. Climate change, biodiversity loss, rising hunger and malnutrition, and deepening inequities are not distant risks; they are lived realities for farmers, fishers, Indigenous Peoples, food producers and workers around the world. Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions,...

A stealthy revolution is taking place across African food systems. Not in the soil or on the farm, but in computers, platforms, and satellite systems that we do not own or manage. From AI-powered agricultural apps to blockchain-based supply networks, digital technologies are fast changing the way we raise, sell,...

The Himalayan region is often introduced through its dramatic landscapes, fragile ecosystems, and socio-cultural richness, but its deeper story is one of livelihoods, governance, and the search for a viable future. Farming communities from the Eastern to Western Himalayas face an intensifying convergence of climate volatility, rapid urbanization, outmigration, shrinking...

The Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) project worked across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 2020 to 2025, aiming to transform agricultural systems toward sustainability, safety, and equity. Funded by AFD, EU, and FFEM, the project partnered with government agencies, research institutions, and farmer organizations to promote agroecology from...

We often hear that we are what we eat. At COP30, we might finally become what we preach. For the first time in the history of the UN Climate Conferences, the food offered to delegates, negotiators, civil society, and workers will itself be part of the climate solution. Na Mesa da...