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Factors impacting antimicrobial resistance in the South East Asian food system and potential places to intervene: A participatory, One Health study
Lambraki, I.A., C.V. Mohan, M. Cousins, T. Graells, A. Léger, P.J.G. Henriksson, M.F. Troell, S. Harbarth, D. Wernli, P.S. Jørgensen, C.A Carson, E.J Parmley and S.E Majowicz. 2023. Factors impacting antimicrobial resistance in the South East Asian food system and potential places to intervene: A participatory, One Health study. Frontiers in Microbiology 13.
Background: With AMU projected to increase, South East Asia (SEA) is at high risk of experiencing disproportionate health, social, and economic burdens due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Our objective was to identify factors influencing AMR in SEA’s food system and places for intervention by integrating the perspectives of experts from the region to inform policy and management decisions. Materials and methods: We conducted two 6.5 h workshops and...
Food system byproducts upcycled in livestock and aquaculture feeds can increase global food supply
Sandström, V., A. Chrysafi, M. Lamminen, M. Troell, M. Jalava, J. Piipponen, S. Siebert, O. van Hal, V. Virkki and M. Kummu. 2022. Food system byproducts upcycled in livestock and aquaculture feeds can increase global food supply. Nature Food 3(9):729–740.
Many livestock and aquaculture feeds compete for resources with food production. Increasing the use of food system by-products and residues as feed could reduce this competition. We gathered data on global food system material flows for crop, livestock and aquaculture production, focusing on feed use and the availability of by-products and residues. We then analysed the potential of replacing food-competing feedstuff—here cereals, whole fish, vegetable...
Antimicrobial resistance in southeast Asia: A participatory systems modelling approach
Lambraki, I., M. Chadag, M. Cousins, T. Graells, A. Léger, P. Henriksson, M. Troell, S. Harbarth, D. Wernli, P. S. Jørgensen, C. Carson, J. Parmley and S. Majwicz. 2022. Antimicrobial resistance in southeast Asia: A participatory systems modelling approach. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 116:14.
Purpose Our study purpose was to identify (1) the underlying causal system of factors influencing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) development and spread in South East Asia (SEA) and (2) places to intervene by integrating diverse perspectives to find context-specific solutions. Methods & Materials Using a complex adaptive systems lens and participatory, qualitative, systems modelling approach, we conducted 2 participatory workshops and 2 interviews involving AMR experts...
Governing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in a changing climate: A participatory scenario planning approach applied to Sweden in 2050
Lambraki, I.A., M. Cousins, T. Graells, A. Léger, S. Abdelrahman, A. Desbois, R. Gallagher, B. Staaf Larsson, B. Mattson, P. Henriksson, M. Troell, P.S. Jørgensen, D. Wernli, A. Carson, E.J Parmley and S.E Majowicz. 2022. Governing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in a changing climate: A participatory scenario planning approach applied to Sweden in 2050. Frontiers in Public Health 10(7):1–17.
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global crisis with long-term and unpredictable health, social and economic impacts, with which climate change is likely to interact. Understanding how to govern AMR amidst evolving climatic changes is critical. Scenario planning offers a suitable approach. By envisioning alternative futures, stakeholders more effectively can identify consequences, anticipate problems, and better determine how to intervene. This study explored future...
Prospects of low trophic marine aquaculture contributing to food security in a net zero-carbon world
Krause, G., L. Le Vay, B.H. Buck, B. Costa-Pierce, T. Dewhurst, K.G. Heasman, N. Nevejan, P. Nielsen, K.N. Nielsen, K. Park, M.F. Schupp, J.-B. Thomas, M. Troell, L. Webb, A.L. Wrange, F. Ziegler and Å. Strand. 2022. Prospects of low trophic marine aquaculture contributing to food security in a net zero-carbon world. Fronters in Sustainable Food Systems 6:875509.
To limit compromising the integrity of the planet, a shift is needed towards food production with low environmental impacts and low carbon footprint. How to put such transformative change towards sustainable food production whilst ensuring food security into practice remains a challenge and will require transdisciplinary approaches. Combining expertise from natural- and social sciences as well as industry perspectives, an alternative vision for the future...
An applied research agenda for navigating diverse livelihood challenges in rural coastal communities in the tropics
Diedrich, A., S. Duce, H. Eriksson, H. Govan, D. Harohau, G. Koczberski, J. Lau, D. Mills, T. Minter, D. Steenbergen and M. Troell. 2022. An applied research agenda for navigating diverse livelihood challenges in rural coastal communities in the tropics. One Earth 5(11):1205–1215.
Rural, tropical coastal communities are experiencing sustained, often increasing food insecurity, poverty, and global change impacts. These challenges have stimulated a rise in projects aiming to enhance and diversify local livelihoods. The ability of these projects to achieve broad-scale benefits is limited by approaches that do not account for feedbacks among sectors and across marine and terrestrial environments. To address these limitations, we present an...
Farming the Ocean – Seaweeds as a Quick Fix for the Climate?
Troell, M., P.J.G. Henriksson, A.H. Buschmann, T. Chopin and S. Quahe. 2022. Farming the Ocean – Seaweeds as a Quick Fix for the Climate?. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture .
Finding ways to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius is urgent and will need a portfolio of solutions. Seaweeds are marine photosynthetic organisms that humans harvest either from the wild or farm, to be used in many applications and providing various ecosystem services. Large scale farming of seaweeds for absorbing carbon has lately been promoted as a climate “fix”. The major shortcomings of this...
Aquaculture will continue to depend more on land than sea
Zhang, W., B. Belton, P. Edwards, P.J.G. Henriksson, D.C. Little, R. Newton, and M. Troell. 2022. Aquaculture will continue to depend more on land than sea. Nature 603(7900):E2–E4.
The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system
Tigchelaar, M. et al. 2022. The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system. Global Food Security 33:100637.
Blue foods play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the livelihoods, economies, and cultures of many coastal and riparian communities. Blue foods are extraordinarily diverse, are often rich in essential micronutrients and fatty acids, and can often be produced in ways that are more environmentally sustainable than terrestrial animal-source foods. Capture fisheries constitute the largest wild-food...
Seafood in food security: A call for bridging the terrestrial-aquatic divide
Stetkiewicz, S. et al. 2022. Seafood in food security: A call for bridging the terrestrial-aquatic divide. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5:703152.
The contribution of seafood to global food security is being increasingly highlighted in policy. However, the extent to which such claims are supported in the current food security literature is unclear. This review assesses the extent to which seafood is represented in the recent food security literature, both individually and from a food systems perspective, in combination with terrestrially-based production systems. The results demonstrate that...
