Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-27DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01123-0
Qunchao Fang, Xiaoying Zhang, Guichao Dai, Bingxin Tong, Hongliang Wang, Oene Oenema, Hannah H. E. van Zanten, Pierre Gerber, Yong Hou
{"title":"Author Correction: Low-opportunity-cost feed can reduce land-use-related environmental impacts by about one-third in China","authors":"Qunchao Fang, Xiaoying Zhang, Guichao Dai, Bingxin Tong, Hongliang Wang, Oene Oenema, Hannah H. E. van Zanten, Pierre Gerber, Yong Hou","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01123-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01123-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 2","pages":"213-213"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01123-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143050580","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01115-0
{"title":"China’s sustainable food system requires concerted efforts","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01115-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-025-01115-0","url":null,"abstract":"Using an integrated assessment modelling framework, this study finds that under current trends, most social and environmental targets related to the Chinese food system are not aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda. Bundling policies addressing public health, environmental sustainability and livelihood improvement can minimize trade-offs, revealing the importance of coordinated strategies for achieving a sustainable food system.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 1","pages":"17-18"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142992400","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-21DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01100-z
Xiaoxi Wang, Hao Cai, Jiaqi Xuan, Ruiying Du, Bin Lin, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Miodrag Stevanović, Quitterie Collignon, Changzheng Yuan, Lu Yu, Michael Crawford, Felicitas Beier, Meng Xu, Hui Chen, Marco Springmann, Debbora Leip, David Meng-Chuen Chen, Florian Humpenöder, Patrick von Jeetze, Shenggen Fan, Bjoern Soergel, Jan Philipp Dietrich, Christoph Müller, Alexander Popp, Hermann Lotze-Campen
{"title":"Bundled measures for China’s food system transformation reveal social and environmental co-benefits","authors":"Xiaoxi Wang, Hao Cai, Jiaqi Xuan, Ruiying Du, Bin Lin, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Miodrag Stevanović, Quitterie Collignon, Changzheng Yuan, Lu Yu, Michael Crawford, Felicitas Beier, Meng Xu, Hui Chen, Marco Springmann, Debbora Leip, David Meng-Chuen Chen, Florian Humpenöder, Patrick von Jeetze, Shenggen Fan, Bjoern Soergel, Jan Philipp Dietrich, Christoph Müller, Alexander Popp, Hermann Lotze-Campen","doi":"10.1038/s43016-024-01100-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-024-01100-z","url":null,"abstract":"Food systems are essential for the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in China. Here, using an integrated assessment modelling framework that considers country-specific pathways and covers 18 indicators, we find that most social and environmental targets for the Chinese food system under current trends are not aligned with the United Nations Agenda 2030. We further quantify the impacts of multiple measures, revealing potential trade-offs in pursuing strategies aimed at public health, environmental sustainability and livelihood improvement in isolation. Among the individual packages of measures, a shift towards healthy diets exhibits the lowest level of trade-offs, leading to improvements in nutrition, health, environment and livelihoods. In contrast, focusing efforts on climate change mitigation and ecological conservation, or promoting faster socioeconomic development alone, have trade-offs between social and environmental outcomes. These trade-offs could be minimized by bundling all three aspects of measures. The effectiveness of the different policies and policy bundles for food systems transformation to achieve SDGs in China vary widely. Using an integrated modelling framework covering 18 indicators, this study compares the trade-offs and outcomes of efforts focused on dietary transitions, climate change mitigation and ecological conservation, and faster socioeconomic development, ultimately revealing that dietary shifts offer the most benefits.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 1","pages":"72-84"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142991090","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-14DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01109-4
Kate R. Schneider, Roseline Remans, Tesfaye Hailu Bekele, Destan Aytekin, Piero Conforti, Shouro Dasgupta, Fabrice DeClerck, Deviana Dewi, Carola Fabi, Jessica A. Gephart, Yuta J. Masuda, Rebecca McLaren, Michaela Saisana, Nancy Aburto, Ramya Ambikapathi, Mariana Arellano Rodriguez, Simon Barquera, Jane Battersby, Ty Beal, Christophe Béné, Carlo Cafiero, Christine Campeau, Patrick Caron, Andrea Cattaneo, Jeroen Candel, Namukolo Covic, Inmaculada del Pino Alvarez, Ana Paula Dominguez Barreto, Ismahane Elouafi, Tyler J. Frazier, Alexander Fremier, Pat Foley, Christopher D. Golden, Carlos Gonzalez Fischer, Alejandro Guarin, Sheryl Hendriks, Anna Herforth, Maddalena Honorati, Jikun Huang, Yonas Getaneh, Gina Kennedy, Amos Laar, Rattan Lal, Preetmoninder Lidder, Getachew Legese Feye, Brent Loken, Hazel Malapit, Quinn Marshall, Kalkidan A. Mulatu, Ana Munguia, Stella Nordhagen, Danielle Resnick, Diana Suhardiman, U. Rashid Sumaila, Bangyao Sun, Belay Terefe Mengesha, Maximo Torero Cullen, Francesco N. Tubiello, Corné van Dooren, Isabel Valero Morales, Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol, Patrick Webb, Keith Wiebe, Lawrence Haddad, Mario Herrero, Jose Rosero Moncayo, Jessica Fanzo
{"title":"Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030","authors":"Kate R. Schneider, Roseline Remans, Tesfaye Hailu Bekele, Destan Aytekin, Piero Conforti, Shouro Dasgupta, Fabrice DeClerck, Deviana Dewi, Carola Fabi, Jessica A. Gephart, Yuta J. Masuda, Rebecca McLaren, Michaela Saisana, Nancy Aburto, Ramya Ambikapathi, Mariana Arellano Rodriguez, Simon Barquera, Jane Battersby, Ty Beal, Christophe Béné, Carlo Cafiero, Christine Campeau, Patrick Caron, Andrea Cattaneo, Jeroen Candel, Namukolo Covic, Inmaculada del Pino Alvarez, Ana Paula Dominguez Barreto, Ismahane Elouafi, Tyler J. Frazier, Alexander Fremier, Pat Foley, Christopher D. Golden, Carlos Gonzalez Fischer, Alejandro Guarin, Sheryl Hendriks, Anna Herforth, Maddalena Honorati, Jikun Huang, Yonas Getaneh, Gina Kennedy, Amos Laar, Rattan Lal, Preetmoninder Lidder, Getachew Legese Feye, Brent Loken, Hazel Malapit, Quinn Marshall, Kalkidan A. Mulatu, Ana Munguia, Stella Nordhagen, Danielle Resnick, Diana Suhardiman, U. Rashid Sumaila, Bangyao Sun, Belay Terefe Mengesha, Maximo Torero Cullen, Francesco N. Tubiello, Corné van Dooren, Isabel Valero Morales, Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol, Patrick Webb, Keith Wiebe, Lawrence Haddad, Mario Herrero, Jose Rosero Moncayo, Jessica Fanzo","doi":"10.1038/s43016-024-01109-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-024-01109-4","url":null,"abstract":"Due to complex interactions, changes in any one area of food systems are likely to impact—and possibly depend on—changes in other areas. Here we present the first annual monitoring update of the indicator framework proposed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative, with new qualitative analysis elucidating interactions across indicators. Since 2000, we find that 20 of 42 indicators with time series have been trending in a desirable direction, indicating modest positive change. Qualitative expert elicitation assessed governance and resilience indicators to be most connected to other indicators across themes, highlighting entry points for action—particularly governance action. Literature review and country case studies add context to the assessed interactions across diets, environment, livelihoods, governance and resilience indicators, helping different actors understand and navigate food systems towards desirable change. This study presents the first annual update of the indicator framework developed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative, published in Nature Food in 2023. Almost half of all indicators show some desirable trends. Governance and resilience indicators were revealed as the most connected across themes, constituting entry points for transformative change.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 1","pages":"105-116"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-024-01109-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142974595","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-13DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01090-y
R. James Stubbs, Mark Hopkins
{"title":"Predictive equation helps estimate misreporting of energy intakes in dietary surveys","authors":"R. James Stubbs, Mark Hopkins","doi":"10.1038/s43016-024-01090-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-024-01090-y","url":null,"abstract":"Misreporting of dietary intake under free-living conditions in nutritional epidemiological studies can’t be easily captured. A predictive equation for total daily energy expenditure derived from the largest doubly labelled water dataset to date can help improve evaluation of the accuracy of self-reported dietary intake.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968284","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-13DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01089-5
Rania Bajunaid, Chaoqun Niu, Catherine Hambly, Zongfang Liu, Yosuke Yamada, Heliodoro Aleman-Mateo, Liam J. Anderson, Lenore Arab, Issad Baddou, Linda Bandini, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Ellen E. Blaak, Carlijn V. C. Bouten, Soren Brage, Maciej S. Buchowski, Nancy F. Butte, Stefan G. J. A. Camps, Regina Casper, Graeme L. Close, Jamie A. Cooper, Richard Cooper, Sai Krupa Das, Peter S. W. Davies, Prasangi Dabare, Lara R. Dugas, Simon Eaton, Ulf Ekelund, Sonja Entringer, Terrence Forrester, Barry W. Fudge, Melanie Gillingham, Annelies H. Goris, Michael Gurven, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Hinke H. Haisma, Daniel Hoffman, Marije B. Hoos, Sumei Hu, Noorjehan Joonas, Annemiek M. Joosen, Peter Katzmarzyk, Misaka Kimura, William E. Kraus, Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Rebecca Kuriyan, Robert F. Kushner, Estelle V. Lambert, Pulani Lanerolle, Christel L. Larsson, William R. Leonard, Nader Lessan, Marie Löf, Corby K. Martin, Eric Matsiko, Anine C. Medin, James C. Morehen, James P. Morton, Aviva Must, Marian L. Neuhouser, Theresa A. Nicklas, Christine D. Nyström, Robert M. Ojiambo, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Yannis P. Pitsiladis, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Guy Plasqui, Ross L. Prentice, Susan B. Racette, David A. Raichlen, Eric Ravussin, Leanne M. Redman, John J. Reilly, Rebecca Reynolds, Susan B. Roberts, Dulani Samaranayakem, Luis B. Sardinha, Analiza M. Silva, Anders M. Sjödin, Marina Stamatiou, Eric Stice, Samuel S. Urlacher, Ludo M. Van Etten, Edgar G. A. H. van Mil, George Wilson, Jack A. Yanovski, Tsukasa Yoshida, Xueying Zhang, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, Srishti Sinha, Cornelia U. Loechl, Amy H. Luke, Herman Pontzer, Jennifer Rood, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Dale A. Schoeller, Klaas R. Westerterp, William W. Wong, John R. Speakman
{"title":"Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake","authors":"Rania Bajunaid, Chaoqun Niu, Catherine Hambly, Zongfang Liu, Yosuke Yamada, Heliodoro Aleman-Mateo, Liam J. Anderson, Lenore Arab, Issad Baddou, Linda Bandini, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Ellen E. Blaak, Carlijn V. C. Bouten, Soren Brage, Maciej S. Buchowski, Nancy F. Butte, Stefan G. J. A. Camps, Regina Casper, Graeme L. Close, Jamie A. Cooper, Richard Cooper, Sai Krupa Das, Peter S. W. Davies, Prasangi Dabare, Lara R. Dugas, Simon Eaton, Ulf Ekelund, Sonja Entringer, Terrence Forrester, Barry W. Fudge, Melanie Gillingham, Annelies H. Goris, Michael Gurven, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Hinke H. Haisma, Daniel Hoffman, Marije B. Hoos, Sumei Hu, Noorjehan Joonas, Annemiek M. Joosen, Peter Katzmarzyk, Misaka Kimura, William E. Kraus, Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Rebecca Kuriyan, Robert F. Kushner, Estelle V. Lambert, Pulani Lanerolle, Christel L. Larsson, William R. Leonard, Nader Lessan, Marie Löf, Corby K. Martin, Eric Matsiko, Anine C. Medin, James C. Morehen, James P. Morton, Aviva Must, Marian L. Neuhouser, Theresa A. Nicklas, Christine D. Nyström, Robert M. Ojiambo, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Yannis P. Pitsiladis, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Guy Plasqui, Ross L. Prentice, Susan B. Racette, David A. Raichlen, Eric Ravussin, Leanne M. Redman, John J. Reilly, Rebecca Reynolds, Susan B. Roberts, Dulani Samaranayakem, Luis B. Sardinha, Analiza M. Silva, Anders M. Sjödin, Marina Stamatiou, Eric Stice, Samuel S. Urlacher, Ludo M. Van Etten, Edgar G. A. H. van Mil, George Wilson, Jack A. Yanovski, Tsukasa Yoshida, Xueying Zhang, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, Srishti Sinha, Cornelia U. Loechl, Amy H. Luke, Herman Pontzer, Jennifer Rood, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Dale A. Schoeller, Klaas R. Westerterp, William W. Wong, John R. Speakman","doi":"10.1038/s43016-024-01089-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-024-01089-5","url":null,"abstract":"Nutritional epidemiology aims to link dietary exposures to chronic disease, but the instruments for evaluating dietary intake are inaccurate. One way to identify unreliable data and the sources of errors is to compare estimated intakes with the total energy expenditure (TEE). In this study, we used the International Atomic Energy Agency Doubly Labeled Water Database to derive a predictive equation for TEE using 6,497 measures of TEE in individuals aged 4 to 96 years. The resultant regression equation predicts expected TEE from easily acquired variables, such as body weight, age and sex, with 95% predictive limits that can be used to screen for misreporting by participants in dietary studies. We applied the equation to two large datasets (National Diet and Nutrition Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) and found that the level of misreporting was >50%. The macronutrient composition from dietary reports in these studies was systematically biased as the level of misreporting increased, leading to potentially spurious associations between diet components and body mass index. This study presents a predictive equation for total energy expenditure derived from doubly labelled water measurements. Applying this equation to two large datasets (the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) shows that the misreporting of total energy intake is greater than 50%, with important implications for macronutrient availability.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 1","pages":"58-71"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-024-01089-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968288","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-09DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01104-9
Hilke Bos-Brouwers
{"title":"Food waste policy in the United States","authors":"Hilke Bos-Brouwers","doi":"10.1038/s43016-024-01104-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-024-01104-9","url":null,"abstract":"An analysis of state-level food waste policy data shows that a shift away from food waste recycling towards prevention, rescue and repurposing is needed to support targets to halve food waste in the United States by 2030.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 2","pages":"132-133"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142937598","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-09DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01092-w
Sarah Kakadellis, Selena Mao, Asch Harwood, Edward S. Spang
{"title":"State-level policies alone are insufficient to meet the federal food waste reduction goal in the United States","authors":"Sarah Kakadellis, Selena Mao, Asch Harwood, Edward S. Spang","doi":"10.1038/s43016-024-01092-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-024-01092-w","url":null,"abstract":"The United States Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal seeks to reduce national food waste by 50%, down to 74 kg per capita, by 2030. Here we investigate state policies’ alignment with the federal goal across four policy categories. We develop a policy scoring matrix and apply it to wasted food solutions listed in the non-profit ReFED’s database to derive ranges of food waste diversion potential and projected generation across states. On the basis of state policies alone, no state can meet the federal target. We estimated a diversion potential of 5–14 kg per capita and a food waste generation of 149 kg per capita nationally in 2022, equivalent to the 2016 baseline. Without additional intervention at the state and federal level promoting a shift from food waste recycling towards prevention, rescue and repurposing, food generation in the United States will probably remain high. A modelling study shows that the emphasis on recycling food waste over prevention, rescue and redirection impedes the progress of the United States Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal to halve food waste by 2030.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 2","pages":"196-204"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-024-01092-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142937552","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-09DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01097-5
Marco Springmann, Eugenia Dinivitzer, Florian Freund, Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Clara G. Bouyssou
{"title":"A reform of value-added taxes on foods can have health, environmental and economic benefits in Europe","authors":"Marco Springmann, Eugenia Dinivitzer, Florian Freund, Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Clara G. Bouyssou","doi":"10.1038/s43016-024-01097-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-024-01097-5","url":null,"abstract":"Fiscal policies can provide important incentives for encouraging the dietary changes needed to achieve global policy targets. Across Europe, the foods relevant to health and the environment often incur reduced but non-zero value-added tax (VAT) rates at about half the maximum rates, which allows for providing both incentives and disincentives. Integrating economic, health and environmental modelling, we show that reforming VAT rates on foods, including increasing rates on meat and dairy, and reducing VAT rates on fruits and vegetables can improve diets and result in health, environmental and economic benefits in most European countries. The health improvements were primarily driven by reductions in VAT rates on fruits and vegetables, whereas most of the environmental and revenue benefits were driven by increased rates on meat and dairy. Our findings suggest that differentiating VAT rates based on health and environmental considerations can support changes towards healthier and more sustainable diets in Europe. Fiscal incentives on consumption can encourage dietary changes towards healthier and more sustainable foods. Integrated modelling reveals the potential health, environmental and economic impacts of aligning VAT rates on food with health and environmental considerations in Europe.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 2","pages":"161-169"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-024-01097-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142937112","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}
Nature foodPub Date : 2025-01-06DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01087-7
Jasper Verschuur, Yiorgos Vittis, Michael Obersteiner, Jim W. Hall
{"title":"Heterogeneities in landed costs of traded grains and oilseeds contribute to unequal access to food","authors":"Jasper Verschuur, Yiorgos Vittis, Michael Obersteiner, Jim W. Hall","doi":"10.1038/s43016-024-01087-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43016-024-01087-7","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the growing accessibility of international grain and oilseed markets, high production costs and trade frictions are still prevalent, contributing to regional heterogeneities in the landed cost of grain imports. Here we quantify the landed cost for six grain commodities across 3,500 administrative regions, capturing regional cost differences to produce grain and transport it across international borders. We find large heterogeneities in the costs of imported grain, which are highest in Oceania, Central America and landlocked Africa. While some regions have uniform landed costs across sourcing locations, others face cost variations across trading partners, showing large inequalities in access. We find that most regions could benefit from a targeted approach to reduce landed cost while others benefit from a mixed strategies approach. Our results highlight that spatial information on production, trade and transport is essential to inform policies aiming to build an efficient and resilient global agricultural commodity trade system. The cost of transporting agricultural products from the field to consumers across borders, also known as the landed cost, is highly influenced by trade frictions and regional cost differences. This study estimates this cost—including production, transport and trade components—for six grain commodities across 3,500 administrative regions, revealing large inequalities in access.","PeriodicalId":94151,"journal":{"name":"Nature food","volume":"6 1","pages":"36-46"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-024-01087-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142929606","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}