Animal-source foods play central roles in diets, with potential for reducing malnutrition, particularly among vulnerable populations. ASF production also plays an important role in livelihoods, and ASFs are central to many food cultures and traditions, highly valued by many consumers. [1/4]

Check out the new baseline regional policy briefs by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative! Big thanks to FAO, Kate Schneider Lecy, Michael Puma and Alison Rose! www.foodcountdown.org/publications

World's richest man ends America's modest aid to the world's poorest people. I'm not a big believer in hell, but willing to make an exception

Interesting discussion of how poorly people report what they eat in surveys, and the implications of that in research. In energy terms, estimated to be off by about 30%: www.science.org/content/arti...

The world has probably passed “peak air pollution”

One-third of food produced is wasted, and nearly 3 billion people struggle to afford a healthy diet. What’s the potential for addressing both problems at once by repurposing food byproducts into nutritious foods? Our newest working paper explores this with examples like those below: lnkd.in/eqnWJVWC

This kind of change in 30 years, wow!

You can explore interactions among Food Systems Countdown indicators, like the % who can’t afford a healthy diet, through an interactive visualisation on the Food Systems Dashboard! www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/fsci-interac...

The Food Systems Countdown second-annual policy report highlights interactions btw different parts of food systems, showing many – particularly with governance and resilience. These represent both challenges for managing trade-offs + opportunities for synergies doi.org/10.36072/fsc...

Best way to kick-start the "Food Year"? With a new issue of the State of Food Systems worldwide. Thanks to Food Systems Countdown Initiative. New @nature.com paper on indicators to monitor progress in the Food Systems of 190 countries. The Right to Food emerges as a key lever of transformation

New Countdown Initiative paper which: - Presents the first indicator monitoring update across 5 themes (more below) - Provides an expert elicitation of interactions across indicators. - Reviews literature & country case studies Paper: tinyurl.com/CountdownMS Website: tinyurl.com/countdownweb...

Check out our new report!

Every year, 50+ of us monitor the state of food systems: The Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative. Bottomline? Food system trends show some positive progress. Our third peer review pub and report are out! Find the paper here: shorturl.at/ZbyJ7 and the report here: shorturl.at/elfqu

Mapping changes in temperature: 2024 edition

New blog! To help non-specialists understand food policies, we created an AI-based chatbot. Users can ask questions about food policy in Bangladesh and get plain-language answers back, drawing on 28 policy documents. Check out the blog explaining it here: www.gainhealth.org/media/news/c...