Food security

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Dr Augustine Uzo Mokwunye, Former UNU-INRA Director

Dr (Prof.) Augustine Uzo Mokwunye, former Director of UNU-INRA (1996-2004), died on Friday, 11 December 2020, at the age of 78.

27 Dec 2020

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Resource Nexus Perspective on Climate Resilient Agri-Food System: Stakeholder Analysis, Land Management and Business Decisions (KlimaKonform)

This project aims to support the analysis of communities' capacities for climate change adaptation and facilitate land management and decision-making.

22 May 2020

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Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (UPA) and Climate Change: Impacts, Mitigation, and Adaptation

This project aims to better understand the impacts of UPA, in order to develop adaptive measures to minimise trade-offs and optimise co-benefits.

20 Mar 2022

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Vertical Farming for Urban Food Security: Social Acceptance of a Resource Nexus Solution (VerFarming Social)

This project aims to explore the potential of vertical farming to revolutionise agriculture and provide a more resilient solution to food security.

19 Aug 2022

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Environmental Assessment of Vertical Farming from a Resource Nexus Perspective

This project aims to provide holistic environmental assessment of vertical farming and investigate the economic feasibility of VF projects.

24 Aug 2022

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A socio-ecological and economic multiscale sustainability analysis of Urban and Periurban Agriculture and application of Nexus management options to reduce vulnerabilities

This project will investigate the benefits and trade-offs of urban and peri-urban agriculture development for socio-economic sustainability.

03 Nov 2021

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Exploring the Sustainability Nexus Within Agroecological Transition Governance in the Americas: The Case of Argentina (AETGov-Nexus)

This project contributes to the focus area of resilient food, forest and ecosystems by assessing the  institutional arrangements and actor power manifestations that either support or constrain agroecological transitions.

11 Mar 2023

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Resilience and Resource Nexus in Food Systems: Case of Tea and Wheat Subsectors in Tanzania

The project investigates how geopolitical tensions and resource availability influence food system resilience in Tanzania to bolster food security strategies.

09 Jul 2024

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Resource Nexus perspectives of land cover patterns in Southern Africa: Drivers and Implications for regional nature-positive sustainable development

This project aims to analyze land cover changes in Southern Africa,employing a resource nexus perspective to design sustainable development strategies

09 Jul 2024

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Optimizing Water Management Strategies: A Resource Nexus Approach to Impactful Water-Food Sustainability in Water-scarce Areas (NEAR-Nexus Impact Irrigation)

This project researches how adaptive strategies of water management for agriculture can be implemented to deal with the emergence of water scarcity.

06 Nov 2024