Transforming Agricultural Research and Development Systems to meet 21st Century Needs for Climate Action
Climate shocks to agriculture threaten food security, especially in the Global South, causing poverty and malnutrition to rise. With these dire warnings of what is to come, agricultural research and development systems must generate game-changing innovations to transform agricultural systems and ensure that they are climate-resilient, productive, sustainable, and equitable. In their opinion piece for
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Jon Hellin, Eleanor Fisher, and Michelle Bonatti address the urgent need to engage social (and natural) scientists in transdisciplinary research processes; the importance of the co-creation of knowledge through more democratic partnerships that genuinely address power asymmetries and the roles (and responsibilities) of different stakeholders'
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