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{"title":"Financing food systems in times of global disorder","authors":"Johan Swinnen","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01232-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01232-w","url":null,"abstract":"Global development financing is transforming alongside trade and political disruptions. We should focus on creating a more diverse and efficient food finance system, including repurposing public support and leveraging private investments, says Johan Swinnen.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 9","pages":"819-820"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food impacts on species extinction risks can vary by three orders of magnitude","authors":"Thomas S. Ball, Michael Dales, Alison Eyres, Jonathan M. H. Green, Anil Madhavapeddy, David R. Williams, Andrew Balmford","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01224-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01224-w","url":null,"abstract":"Agriculturally driven habitat degradation and destruction is the biggest threat to global biodiversity. Yet the impact of different foods and where they are produced on species extinction risks, and the mitigation potential of different interventions, remain poorly quantified. Here we link the LIFE biodiversity metric—a high-resolution global layer describing the marginal impact of land use on extinctions of ~30,000 vertebrate species—with food consumption and production data and provenance modelling. Using an opportunity cost framing, we estimate that the impact of producing 1 kg of different food commodities on species extinction risks varies widely both across and within foods, in many cases by more than an order of magnitude. Despite marked differences in per capita impacts across countries, there are consistent patterns that could be leveraged for mitigating harm to biodiversity. In particular, animal products and commodities grown in the tropics are generally much more impactful than staple crops and vegetables. What we eat, as well as where and how it is grown, impacts species extinction risks through agricultural land use. Using a new global biodiversity impact data product, this study estimates how many species extinctions may potentially be caused by the production and consumption of different food types on a country-by-country basis.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 9","pages":"848-856"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01224-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145017483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Origin and crop type affect the biodiversity pressures of fruits and vegetables","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01230-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01230-y","url":null,"abstract":"Estimates of the biodiversity pressures associated with fruits and vegetables produced in or imported by the UK, India and South Africa show that there is no ‘best’ fruit or vegetable crop for both biodiversity and human health. Instead, the crop type along with its origin have the greatest effects on biodiversity pressure.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 9","pages":"833-834"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rebound effects may undermine the benefits of upcycling food waste and food processing by-products as animal feed in China","authors":"Weitong Long, Xueqin Zhu, Hans-Peter Weikard, Oene Oenema, Yong Hou","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01219-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01219-7","url":null,"abstract":"Upcycling food waste and food processing by-products as animal feed could reduce livestock-related emissions, but rebound effects, where lower feed costs lead to livestock expansion, may diminish these benefits. Here, using an integrated environmental–economic model, we assess the impacts of this upcycling in China’s monogastric livestock production. We find that upcycling increases monogastric livestock production by 23–36% and raises total acidification emissions in China by 2.5–4.0%, while domestically total greenhouse gas emissions decrease by 0.5–1.4% through less waste sent to landfill and incinerators and a contraction in non-food production. This upcycling enhances food security and has substantial knock-on effects beyond the agricultural sectors, through influencing sectoral employment, gross domestic product and household welfare. Although emission taxes could absorb the rebound effects on emissions, they may also negatively impact food security and shift emissions abroad, depending on tax levels. A scenario analysis and integrated environmental–economic model demonstrate that repurposing food waste and food processing by-products for animal feed has asymmetric effects on food security and environment sustainability.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 9","pages":"881-891"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144898815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biodiversity pressure from fruit and vegetable consumption in the United Kingdom, India and South Africa varies by product and growing location","authors":"Abbie S. A. Chapman, Rosemary Green, Genevieve Hadida, Harry Kennard, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Pauline Scheelbeek, Carole Dalin","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01222-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01222-y","url":null,"abstract":"In many countries around the world, fruit and vegetable consumption must increase to improve human health, potentially pressuring local and global biodiversity. Here we use biodiversity-pressure metrics to compare the biodiversity pressures associated with fruits and vegetables consumed in the United Kingdom, India and South Africa. We found that biodiversity pressure for individual crops varies greatly with origin. In all three countries, imported fruits are typically associated with greater pressure than domestically grown fruits. Contrastingly, in India and South Africa, imported vegetables generally have a lower biodiversity pressure than domestically grown vegetables. Oranges, popular in the United Kingdom and South Africa, exert almost three times more biodiversity pressure than bananas—one of the most-consumed fruits in the United Kingdom and India. Our analysis illustrates the quantification of crop-specific biodiversity pressures and provides evidence for the development of more sustainable food systems. Increasing the consumption of specific food groups will be key for human health but might also lead to environmental impact. This study compares the biodiversity pressures associated with fruits and vegetables consumed in the United Kingdom, India and South Africa.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 9","pages":"892-905"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01222-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144898743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biodiverse diets present co-benefits for greenhouse gas emissions, land use, mortality rates and nutritional adequacy in Europe","authors":"Jeroen Berden, Bernadette Chimera, Giles T. Hanley-Cook, Emine Koc Cakmak, Paolo Vineis, Genevieve Nicolas, Guri Skeie, Bernard Srour, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Mathilde Touvier, Julia Baudry, Mélanie Deschasaux-Tanguy, Justine Berlivet, Yvonne van der Schouw, Kris Murray, Franziska Jannasch, Anne Tjønneland, Cecilie Kyrø, Christina C. Dahm, Daniel Borch Ibsen, Charlotte Le Cornet, Matthias B. Schulze, Lorenzo Mangone, Chloé Marques, Elisabete Weiderpass, Alicia Heath, Gianluca Severi, Claire Cadeau, Ana Jiménez-Zabala, Barbara Sodano, Carlota Castro-Espin, Jesús Castilla, Kostas Tsilidis, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Paolo Contiero, Salvatore Panico, Verena Katzke, Marc Gunter, Pietro Ferrari, Carl Lachat, Inge Huybrechts","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01214-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01214-y","url":null,"abstract":"Dietary diversity is vital for public health nutrition, yet the co-benefits of increasing dietary species richness (DSR) on human and environmental health remain unassessed. Here we explore associations between DSR and greenhouse gas emissions, land use, nutrient adequacy and mortality rates among European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study participants. Total DSR was positively associated with probability of adequate nutrient intake diet scores and inversely related to mortality rates; similar results were observed for plant DSR. Animal DSR was inversely associated with probability of adequate nutrient intake diet scores and neutrally associated with mortality rates. Neutral associations for total DSR and positive associations for animal DSR were found with greenhouse gas emissions and land use. Conversely, plant DSR was inversely associated with greenhouse gas emissions and land use. These findings from Europe suggest modest benefits of dietary plant biodiversity for nutrient adequacy and environmental health, with stronger inverse associations with mortality rates, while highlighting the potential adverse environmental impacts of diets rich in animal-sourced foods. An analysis of the EPIC study demonstrates that dietary plant biodiversity presents benefits for human and planetary health, but adverse environmental impacts are associated with dietary animal species richness.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 9","pages":"857-867"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144984085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Scenario analysis of nitrogen surplus typologies in Europe shows that a 20% fertilizer reduction may fall short of 2030 EU Green Deal goals","authors":"Masooma Batool, Fanny J. Sarrazin, Xin Zhang, Andreas Musolff, Tam V. Nguyen, Sabine Attinger, Rohini Kumar","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01210-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01210-2","url":null,"abstract":"The Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy under the Green Deal aims to halve nutrient losses by 2030 in the European Union (EU). Here, using the nitrogen surplus as an indicator for nitrogen losses in agricultural areas, we explore a range of scenarios for nitrogen surplus reduction across EU landscapes. We identify four nitrogen surplus typologies, each responding differently to input reduction. A 20% decrease in synthetic fertilizer alone is projected to reduce the nitrogen surplus by only 10–16%, falling short of F2F goals. Specific top-down scenarios such as reducing synthetic fertilizer by 43% and animal manure by 4%, coupled with improved technological and management practices, can achieve a reduction of up to 30–45% in nitrogen surplus. Among the most ambitious scenarios, only a handful of EU countries (four to five) may meet the intended F2F nitrogen pollution targets. Achieving F2F goals requires region-specific strategies to reduce nitrogen use while improving efficiency and sustaining productivity. This study evaluates nitrogen surplus reduction scenarios across Europe using century-long sub-national data and a multidimensional clustering algorithm. The findings show that a 20% fertilizer reduction alone is insufficient to meet Farm to Fork targets and that region-specific strategies, combined with advances in technology and management practices, are essential.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 8","pages":"787-798"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12367536/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144884690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nitrogen efficiency falls short of environmental targets","authors":"Alberto Sanz-Cobena, Rasmus Einarsson","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01207-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01207-x","url":null,"abstract":"Improved nitrogen efficiency alone will not halve nitrogen pollution in Europe. Comprehensive regionally adapted measures across both production and consumption are needed to truly address these challenges from farm to fork.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 8","pages":"745-746"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144884689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Welfare Footprint Framework can help balance animal welfare with other food system priorities","authors":"Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Wladimir J. Alonso, Cleo Verkuijl, Margaret Hegwood, Kate Hartcher","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01213-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01213-z","url":null,"abstract":"Animal welfare lacks sufficient methods for quantitative inclusion in food system impact assessments. The Welfare Footprint Framework addresses this gap, revealing that adopting slower-growing breeds can prevent at least 15–100 hours of intense pain in chickens at an estimated cost of US$1 per kilogram of meat, or US$0.00003–0.00005 for each hour using carbon externality pricing.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 8","pages":"737-739"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144877676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Settler colonialism de-develops food systems in protracted crises","authors":"Mehroosh Tak, Sardar Babur Hussain, Haris Zargar, Lauren Jessica Blake","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01211-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01211-1","url":null,"abstract":"Prevalent policy responses to food systems in protracted crises adopt a dichotomous lens of either humanitarian aid or economic underdevelopment, while ignoring the key role of colonialism and/or settler colonialism. Here we propose a framework to enable us to better comprehend food systems in protracted crises by paying attention to the role of colonial and settler colonial regimes and their use of slow violence and land dispossession in de-developing food systems. Investigation and acknowledgement of these structural drivers of food systems change is critical for policy success due to the role of the state in the perpetration of violence against Indigenous or native peoples’ food systems in protracted crises. Policy responses to food systems in protracted crises tend to ignore the role of colonial and settler colonial regimes and their use of slow violence and land dispossession in de-developing food systems. Acknowledging these structural elements is critical for policy success.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 8","pages":"751-756"},"PeriodicalIF":21.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144877675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}