In April 2022, I was fortunate enough to join the newly formed EcoFood Systems team in NUIG. As I began working on some tasks which were related to the working goals of the project, I found myself deeply enthralled by the areas of city region food systems, food system mapping, the nutritional outcomes of food systems and food systems within the Global South.
Background: Cucumbers have a special place in my family’s shopping basket, and I would nearly go as far as to say have a special place in my family’s hearts. Now, this might sound a tad dramatic to some but let me set the scene. My mother is Estonian aka my mother cannot go a day […]
Hunger and malnutrition – are both felt and feared by many globally. With the recent mumbles of rising energy, food and essential commodity prices, ensuring that food systems can deliver the right produce, to the right people, at the right time, in a manner that promotes healthy people, and a healthy planet is critical.
Stimulating, engaging, and thorough discussions surrounding the interconnectedness of food systems and climate action were thrashed out at the IFIAD 2021 Annual Conference. This year’s conference was based on the theme of “A Year of Action: Food and Climate. Taking agriculture and food systems to COP26 and beyond” in celebration of World Food Day and to continue the building momentum of the Food Systems Summit’s urgent plea to place food systems at the centre of climate discussions to carry forward into COP26.