From the FCRN: 2 February 2017
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Questions and discussions in our forums
Our new forum on ‘moving on from the land-sparing vs. land-sharing debate’ is still going on. We currently have responses from Ben Phalan (University or Cambridge), Adrian Muller (ETH Zurich) and Emile Frison (International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems) and a few more coming up. We would love to hear your thoughts, whether they are long or short, whether you are a first year student or a seasoned researcher in the field. To find the discussion, see here. Our new volunteer Leanna Crowley from Imperial College (portfolio) is working on creating a detailed infographic to accompany the summary of the forum.
A few more questions you might like to respond to
In our Quick questions forum:
Do you know of research looking at requirements for animal manure for conversion to organic farming? Add your comment here.
In our Research projects sought forum:
One of our members presents an idea for a research project, looking to develop a meal-planning software/tool. Maybe you have suggestions, comments or ideas? Add your comment here.
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Research library
Journals and Journal Articles
In this Environmental Science and Policy article, Dennis Wichelns of the Stockholm Environment Institute argues strongly against the validity of the water-energy-food ‘nexus’ approach to researching and making environmental food policy.
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Journals and Journal Articles
Resources
The German Development Institute along with the African Centre for Technology Studies,the Stockholm Environment Institute, and the UNFCCC secretariat have developed a new tool to compare the 163 existing national climate action plans.
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Reports
This World Economic Forum report explores four alternate visions of the world and its food systems in 2030. The key predictable forces of change are used as a base and the critical uncertainties of ‘Demand Shift’ and ‘Market Connectivity’ are used as axes to derive the four scenarios.
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Opportunities
CGIAR Research Center AfricaRice is seeking a highly qualified postdoctoral fellow in agriculture and climate change. The postdoc will be part of a multi‐disciplinary research team to sustain and improve the productivity of rice‐based systems in Africa. They will lead activities on developing climate‐smart rice technologies to contribute to local adaptation and evaluation and assess the technologies’ potential for diffusion at large scale in Burkina‐Faso.
For more information about the position, see the CGIAR website.
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The Centre of Food Policy at City University of London is seeking to employ a new coordinator role within the Centre. The Centre for Food Policy sits within the Department of Sociology, part of the School of Arts and Social Sciences. The centre is one of the very few places in the world dedicated to studying, teaching and influencing food policy.
The centre are seeking to employ a part time (0.5fte) centre coordinator to provide support across the centre across a broad range of areas - fundraising, grant writing, finance alumni relations, communications, events, sustainability and general administration. The post is currently funded for 12 months
For a full description of the role and responsibilities please see here.
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Events
The Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) is welcoming participants to their two day workshop called ‘Making, Measuring, and Rethinking Sustainable Food Systems’. This workshop is organised by the AESOP Sustainable Food Planning PhDs and young professionals group. The event is open to early-career participants such as young professionals, practitioners, PhD students, post docs from all around the world, working on the multiple fields of sustainable food planning.
The workshop will take place on Thursday March 23rd – Friday 24th, 2017 at the Georg-Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies in Berlin, Germany. Participation to the workshop is free of charge.
Short papers proposals and registration forms must be submitted before February 15th, 2017.
The programme, registration form and short paper template may be downloaded here.
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