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Food Systems Analysis
July 28, 2021
Paper: Diets, Food Choices, and Environmental Impacts across a Rural-Urban Interface in Northern Vietnam
How do consumer choices about food and diet affect the overall environmental impacts of a food system? How do these
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Blog
April 13, 2021
COVID-19: How India Fared During Lockdown
The authors share ten facts on India’s urban employment during the pandemic and the lockdown in this opinion piece which originally appeared in the Financial Express.
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Ethiopia
October 27, 2020
Issue Brief: Urban food environments through the lens of adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
What drives food choice among those making these choices for themselves for the first time? This issue brief profiles findings
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Blog
April 6, 2020
Ask the Researchers: Urban-Rural Linkages for Nutrition and Territorial Approaches for Sustainable Development
Authors of new UNSCN discussion paper share their thoughts on rural-urban linkages and implicaitons for nutrition in low- and middle-income countries
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Blog
March 5, 2020
Coronavirus Threat Looms Large for Low-Income Cities
In this blog, which first appeared on IIED.org, the authors discuss how weak infrastructure would leave urban settlements in low-income countries highly vulnerable, should the rapid spread of COVID-19 continue.
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Events
January 10, 2020
Multi-Stakeholder Workshops for Food Systems Profiles at the A4NH Benchmark Sites Along Vietnam’s Rural-Urban Transect
Participants heard results, offered feedback on partial food systems baseline assessment profiles.
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Flagships
May 16, 2019
The Human Face of Urban Food Systems
Today, half the world’s population lives in cities. That share will jump to two-thirds by 2050, with much of the
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Flagships
May 3, 2019
Ask the Researchers: The Retail Diversity for Dietary Diversity Project
A4NH researchers at Managing Partners Bioversity International and Wageningen University & Research, along with partners Fresh Studio and Food Synetics,
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Food Systems for Healthier Diets
February 28, 2019
Consumer Demand and Processed Foods in Nigeria: A Complex, Evolving Picture
Nigeria faces many of the same challenges confronting other low and middle-income countries today. Rapid development, high population growth, and
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