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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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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

Resource Title:

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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Innovation with a Purpose: The role of technology innovation in accelerating food systems transformation

Resource Title:

Innovation with a Purpose: The role of technology innovation in accelerating food systems transformation

Resource Creator:

WEForum, in collaboration with MicKinsey and Company

Date:

January 2018

Description:

The ‘Innovation with a Purpose Project’ is part of the WEF’s System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Food Security and Agriculture. This report is aimed at identifying emerging technology innovations that have the potential to drive rapid progress in the sustainability, inclusivity and health impacts of food systems.

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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026

Resource Title:

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026

Date:

10 July 2017

Resource Creator:

OECD and FAO

Description:

The resource brings together the expertise from OECD and FAO to provide an assessment of future prospects of agricultural commodity markets across scales. The resource uses OECD’s AgLink Model, and the FAO’s Cosimo model.

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