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The concept of ultra-processed food was introduced more than a decade ago. The utility of this concept hinges partly on whether it is framed as the literal level of food processing, which we term ‘ultra-processing formulation’, or as system dynamics, which we term ‘ultra-processing regime’.
Food systems must transform to provide undernourished people with greater access to nutrient-rich foods. While there has been a push to increase volumes of food production, too little attention has been paid to the factors that enable access to nutritious aquatic foods.
Higher number of markets, nutrient content, and overall supply coupled with lower retail prices and volumes make usipa more accessible than chambo to Malawians across all regions, particularly for rural consumers.
A spatiotemporal quantification of Fusarium head blight (FHB) mycotoxins in European food and feed wheat highlights the omnipresence of deoxynivalenol and increasing detection of other FHB mycotoxins. These potential health and economic costs emphasize the need to monitor FHB mycotoxin outbreaks and to understand what is driving this change, so that we can develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
Whether, how and to what extent integrating crop production, livestock production and bioenergy systems can enhance the sustainability of specialized farming remains poorly understood at downscaled regional levels. This study quantifies life cycle impacts of agricultural integration in China, including bioenergy provision.
A whole life cycle perspective demonstrates that rearing ruminants that utilize human-inedible biomass, instead of monogastric livestock that require grain for feed, can shift cropland demand from feed to food production.
The demand for dairy produce is growing alongside concerns about the impact of intensive dairying on water quality owing to nutrient loss. We found that nitrogen losses were greatest from all-grazed systems, but could be lowered by incorporating some housing.
The demand for dairy produce is growing alongside concerns about the impact of intensive dairying on water quality due to nutrient loss. Using observational and modelled data, this study compares systems with different outdoor livestock grazing times, flagging combinations that could minimize phosphorus and nitrogen losses.
Synergies between agroecology and nutrition are explored in this Perspective, with a view towards developing a framework to transform agroecology for improved nutrition.
The phyllosphere is essential for plant health and fitness. This Review examines the relations between phyllosphere microbiota and the host plants and constructs a framework to engineer the phyllosphere microbiome for sustainable crop production.
Nano-enabled fertilizers and pesticides can bring new economic benefits to agricultural practices with reduced environmental impacts. Moving forward, nano-enabled agrochemicals should continue to be optimized for greater efficiency.
Meeting future food demand while mitigating the social and environmental externalities associated with the agricultural sector will require creative, multi-scalar and synergistic strategies.
Nanotechnology has the potential to increase the net revenue from agricultural products and alleviate the environmental impact of conventional fertilizers and pesticides. Further improving the efficiency of nanoformulations is necessary for their wide adoption.
Herring, sardine and anchovy are the cheapest fish species in many low- and middle-income countries, with <20% of small pelagic catch sufficient to meet the recommended fish intakes for young children living near water in sub-Saharan Africa.
A database from a survey of farmers, published articles and statistical yearbooks was developed to map crop- and county-specific yields, farm inputs, reactive N losses and greenhouse gas emissions in China. Optimized crop distributions combined with improved management are estimated to improve crop productivity and decrease farm inputs and environmental costs.