In this video, we explain what SUSFANS is all about, how the project will align the different EU diets with EU food production an consumtion for ad sustainable food and nutrition security ein Europe
The SUSFANS team met with a committee of 10 officials from the European Commission services for a mid-term “policy review”. This is a new instrument in the Research Executive Agency, meant to promote dialogue between H2020 projects and the EC policy community. Participants came from various policy departments, including DG Research & Innovation, Agriculture & […]
The state of food security and the stability of the food system can be summarized and measured by food price pressure as well as food price volatility. In this way changes in food prices and their volatility can be used as early warning indicators. SUSFANS researchers of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis illustrate […]
Volatile food prices have considerable impact on food security, sparkling riots and contributing to political instability, as past shows. Research so far has shown that volatility is caused by a combination of factors like trade restrictions, financial speculations or even an expanding population, biofuel-policies and weather effects. However, little work has been done to quantify […]