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Food systems

On a global level, food and nutritional insecurity persists and is evolving towards new types of food imbalances. While the number of people suffering from hunger (calorie deficit) is struggling to drop below 800 million, the world is facing an epidemic of over- and "junk" consumption (overweight), which concerns more than a quarter of the global population, including in the South and in middle-income countries.

Books and documents

CIRAD is committed to sustainable, resilient and inclusive food systems, february 2020
Diversity of Family Farming Around the World: Existence, Transformations and Possible Futures of Family Farms, Bosc P.M., Sourisseau J.M., Bonnal P., Gasselin P., Valette E., Bélières J.F. (eds.), Springer, 2018
Food systems at risk: trends and challenges, Bendjebbar Pauline, Bricas Nicolas, Giordano Thierry, Global Network against Food Crises: Food and Agriculture in times of crisis, Brussels, 2-3 April 2019, CIRAD, 2019
Land use and food security in 2050: A narrow road (Agrimonde-Terra), Le Mouël C., de Lattre-Gasquet M., Mora O. (ed.). Quæ, 2018
Innovation and development in agricultural and food systems, Faure G., Chiffoleau Y., Goulet F., Temple L., Touzard J.M. (ed.). Quæ, 2018
Sustainable development and tropical agri-chains, Estelle Biénabe, Alain Rival, Denis Loeillet (ed.), Springer, 2017
Construire des politiques alimentaires urbaines, Brand C., Bricas N., Conaré D., Daviron B., Debru J., Michel L., Soulard C.T. Quæ, 2017
Transformations agricoles et agroalimentaires, entre écologie et capitalisme, Daviron B., Allaire G. Quæ, 2017
L’Afrique à la conquête de son marché alimentaire intérieur, Bricas N., Tchamda C., Mouton F. AFD, 2016
La conservation des grains après récolte, Cruz J.F., Hounhouigan J.D., Fleurat-Lessard F., Troude F. Quæ, 2016
A New Emerging Rural World - An Overview of Rural Change in Africa (2nd edition), Pesche D., Losch B., Imbernon J. (ed.). NEPAD-CIRAD, 2016
Family Farming and the Worlds to Come, Jean-Michel Sourisseau (ed.), Springer, 2014
Family farming, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, CIRAD, 2014

Videos

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Scientific publications

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