In recent years federal funding for local and regional food systems has increased. Funding for these and other USDA programs were authorized in 2014 farm bill (P.L. 113-79, Agricultural Act of 2014). Other programs were authorized in 2010 as part of most recent child nutrition reauthorization ...
However a number of recent publications have emphasised the "neglected" status of applied social science research on NTDs. In light of the 2020 targets, this paper explores the social science/NTD literature and unpacks some of the ways in which social inquiry can help support effective and ...
So, they can contribute to avoiding possible shifts in the socio-economic status triggered by GMO farming from which mainly agri-biotech companies and large-scale farmers would benefit, but actors operating in traditional agri-food systems would suffer. Several other functional reasons that are ...