foresight

The Southern Cone in a New Era of Technological Development

Resource Title: Summary of the foresight study: The southern cone in a new era of technological development Resource Creator: PROCISUR Date: 2019 Description: Megatrends, critical uncertainties and key questions about the future of teh agri-food and agricultural system in the Southern Cone. Read Item

The Risks to Eating Well: Interview with Avinash Kishore

      For an update on how COVID-19 is affecting food consumption and distribution in South Asia watch or listen to this interview with Avinash Kishore. I was fascinated – Avinash brings to life with great illustrations and facts the complexity of food systems, the disrupting impacts of COVID-19 and how people and governments …

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Webinar: Launching the ‘What Future for Small-Scale Agriculture’ Report

The official launch event of the report What future for small scale agriculture examined some of the critical findings from the report, explored how the project was carried out, and implications for small-scale agriculture in the future of global food systems. Transforming small-scale family farming is critical to long-term global food and nutrition security, tackling …

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Scenario Development and Foresight Analysis: Exploring Options to Inform Choices

Journal: Annual Review of Environment and Resources 2018 Read article Citation: Wiebe, K., Zurek, M., Lord, S., Brzezina, N., Gabrielyan, G., Libertini, J., Loch, A., Thapa-Parajuli, R., Vervoort, J. and Westhoek, H., 2018. Scenario development and foresight analysis: exploring options to inform choices. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 43, pp.545-570.

TempAg Foresight Workshop Report

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TempAg Foresight Workshop Report

Resource Creator:

TempAg

Date:

2018

Description:

The workshop identified the evidence needed in order to shape policies for sustainable agricultural food systems…

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Frogs in Hot Water!

“A diet for planetary health”, “1.5 degrees is too hot”, “business as usual is no longer an option” – these are headlines from three of a recent slew of 2018/19 reports on the future of our global food systems. Let’s take stock of 12 of these reports and explore the common themes (here you can …

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Emerging technologies in favour of sustainable agriculture

Using the Danish Green Technological Foresight on Environmental Friendly Agriculture (GTFEFA) as a case study, this paper examines how stakeholders arrive at recommendations concerning emerging technologies connected with sustainable agriculture

Journal: Futures

November 2007

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Citation: Borch, K., 2007. Emerging technologies in favour of sustainable agriculture. Futures, 39(9), pp.1045-1066. 

MSP Guide: Scenario Planning

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Tool 36: Scenario Planning

Resource Creator:

Wageningen University and Research (WUR)

Date:

2015

Description:

Extract from the Multistakeholder Partnership Guide on enabling participants to think about plausible futures

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