Publications by authors named "Katie Ricketts"

Food credence attributes (e.g., food safety, organic, and carbon neutral production methods) are quality characteristics of products that cannot be assessed by buyers at the point of sale without additional information (e.

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  • * New technologies and social solutions can have mixed effects, benefiting some SDGs while negatively impacting others, so they need to be integrated into broader systemic changes for better outcomes.
  • * Managing trade-offs, especially regarding social issues like inequality and justice, is crucial for true sustainability, which requires planned pathways, monitoring of key indicators, and clear local science targets.
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Since the 2008 food price crisis, food and nutrition security are back on the global development agenda, with particular emphasis on agricultural pathways toward improved nutrition. Parallel efforts are being promoted to improve the data and metrics for monitoring progress toward positive nutritional outcomes, especially for women and children. Despite the increased investment in tracking nutritional outcomes, these efforts are often made in silos, which create challenges for integrating nutritional data with other sectoral data, such as those related to agriculture.

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