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April 4, 2017Knowledge Portal
The water-energy-food nexus: Is the increasing attention warranted, from either a research or policy perspective?

This article criticizes the water-energy-food nexus as a new or innovative concept and argues enhancing research integration and achieving policy coherence is not always optimal. In recent years, the notion of a nexus involving water, energy, and food has been gaining attention in the scholarly literature and popular press. »

March 8, 2017Knowledge Portal
Sustainable intensification in smallholder agriculture: An integrated systems research approach

This book on Routledge by Ingrid Oborn, Bernard Vanlauwe, Michael Phillips, Richard Thomas, Willemien Brooijmans and Kwesi Atta-Krah, describes different aspects of systems research in agriculture in its broadest sense, where the focus is moved from farming systems to livelihoods systems and institutional innovation. Much of the work represents outputs of three CGIAR Research Programs on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics, Aquatic Agricultural Systems and Dryland Systems. »

Building a joint landscape learning agenda
December 19, 2016Knowledge activity
Building a joint landscape learning agenda

Integrated landscape management is increasingly recognized as a means to simultaneously achieve sustainable food production, ecosystem conservation, and sustainable livelihoods at the landscape level. With the aim to contribute to the further sharing of knowledge, dialogue and action to support integrated landscape management worldwide, CDI organized the Netherlands Landscape Learning Journey. »

Fourteenth F&BKP newsletter
July 7, 2016News
Fourteenth F&BKP newsletter

In the July newsletter, the Food & Business Knowledge Platform firstly states that the definition of food and nutrition security requires an integrated understanding of food production, distribution, access, utilization and stability, as recently described in a discussion paper now available at this website. Furthermore, the four CGIAR Research Programs that have been identified within the NL-CGIAR partnership, »

International seminar Landscape Governance, Spatial Planning and Finance
June 20, 2016News
International seminar Landscape Governance, Spatial Planning and Finance

On Wednesday June 29, Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation is organizing a seminar on “Landscape approach to Governance, Planning and Finance”, in the context of LPFN’s visit to the Netherlands. »

Integrated approaches to food and nutrition security
June 9, 2016Study
Integrated approaches to food and nutrition security

The Broker, commissioned by F&BKP, conducted a study on integrated food security interventions consisting of a systematic mapping of integrated projects. The objective of this paper was to identify the practical implications of adopting integrated approaches to food and nutrition security through literature review, survey questionnaire, and expert interviews. »