TMG Think Tank for Sustainability

Here on the TMG blog our team and collaborators share our latest research, comment on current political events, and engage with debates in the many fields in which we work.

  • From Crisis to Innovation: Learning from the Previous Desert Locust Invasions
    Food Systems Nov 27, 2024

    From Crisis to Innovation: Learning from the Previous Desert Locust Invasions

    How we can develop strategies to safeguard our food security and ecological balance

    Elena Lazutkaitė, and Emily Kimathi with contribution from the ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group

  • Fourth Agricultural Revolution: Who bears the costs, who gains the benefits?
    Food Systems Nov 26, 2024

    Fourth Agricultural Revolution: Who bears the costs, who gains the benefits?

    In this article Pat Mooney explores the complex trade-offs of the Fourth Agricultural Revolution

    Pat Mooney

  • A Feminist Call to Transform Urban Food Systems at CFS
    Urban Food Futures Nov 26, 2024

    A Feminist Call to Transform Urban Food Systems at CFS

    Integrating a feminist approach to food systems offers powerful solutions to bolstering local food insecurity

    Nicole Paganini, Lena Bassermann

  • True Cost Accounting and the need for a rights-based approach in food systems transformation
    Food Systems Nov 25, 2024

    True Cost Accounting and the need for a rights-based approach in food systems transformation

    Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz argues that while True Cost Accounting can reveal hidden harms in food systems, its current capital-based framework must adopt a rights-based approach to ensure accountability, justice, and the protection of human rights.

    Tania Eulalia Martinez-Cruz

  • The Hidden Power of Trade: How it Became the Elephant in the Room
    Food Systems Nov 22, 2024

    The Hidden Power of Trade: How it Became the Elephant in the Room

    Ulrich Hoffmann calls for integrating True Cost Accounting into trade policies to balance economic gains with environmental costs and safeguard vulnerable stakeholders like farming communities in global food value chains.

    Ulrich Hoffmann

  • Coordination: a game-changer in Kenya’s food systems transformation?
    Food Systems Nov 22, 2024

    Coordination: a game-changer in Kenya’s food systems transformation?

    Drawing on dialogues with experts in Kenya, TMG Research releases its latest policy brief highlighting the critical need to strengthen coordination mechanisms in food systems governance.

    Emmanual Atamba, Larissa Stiem-Bhatia

  • True Cost Accounting to Assist Good Governance: Opportunities and Challenges
    Food Systems Nov 20, 2024

    True Cost Accounting to Assist Good Governance: Opportunities and Challenges

    Nadia El Hage Scialabba reflects on vested interests, such as agribusiness influence on research, and how they distort food system governance and priorities.

    Nadia El Hage Scialabba

  • Data strategy for True Cost Accounting
    Food Systems Nov 19, 2024

    Data strategy for True Cost Accounting

    Wei Zhang argues that investing in an open access global True Cost Accounting database will support essential agricultural data collection to inform decision-making at local, national, and transnational levels.

    Wei Zhang

  • In Memory of Klaus Töpfer
    Land Governance Jul 16, 2024

    In Memory of Klaus Töpfer

    Jes Weigelt reflects on the passing of Klaus Töpfer, the questions motivating his commitments, and the roots of TMG Research’s founding.

    Jes Weigelt

  • Investing in community level land and environment governance institutions is imperative to the success of national forest and landscape restoration plans: TMG case study of Bua catchment in Malawi
    Land Governance Jul 16, 2024

    Investing in community level land and environment governance institutions is imperative to the success of national forest and landscape restoration plans: TMG case study of Bua catchment in Malawi

    A case study of forest protection and conservation measures implemented Bua catchment area in Malawi, and the tenure rights dynamics for local communities living adjacent to forestlands.

    Washe Kazungu

  • How can True Cost Accounting support the transformation of food systems in times of multiple crises?
    Food Systems Jul 08, 2024

    How can True Cost Accounting support the transformation of food systems in times of multiple crises?

    Summary of the workshop convened by the Expert Advisory Group of the project Assessment and Communication of Climate Impacts of Food (CLIF) in France.

    Lisa Klaus, Olivia Riemer

  • Exploring pathways for governing food systems transformation (FST) in Kenya
    Food Systems Jul 08, 2024

    Exploring pathways for governing food systems transformation (FST) in Kenya

    TMG Research organized a workshop in Nairobi with diverse actors from government, civil society, private sector, and research to jointly explore governance mechanisms for the transformation of Kenya’s food systems.

    Emmanuel Atamba

  • Unlocking Synergies for Women's Land Rights: Bridging Rio Conventions with Grassroots Organizations
    Land Governance Jul 01, 2024

    Unlocking Synergies for Women's Land Rights: Bridging Rio Conventions with Grassroots Organizations

    This year’s Women’s Land Rights Initiative, co-hosted by TMG Research, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, UNCCD, UNCBD and UNFCCC, brought together 50 stakeholders to interrogate the role of women's land rights within the Rio Conventions.

    Frederike Klümper (TMG Research), Laura Rahmeier (Robert Bosch Stiftung), Karen Elizabeth Bernard and Marcos Montoiro (UNCCD), Wiebke Bender (UNFCCC), Olivier Rukundo (UNCBD)

  • Navigating carbon markets: implications for land rights and community empowerment in Kenya
    Land Governance Jun 07, 2024

    Navigating carbon markets: implications for land rights and community empowerment in Kenya

    In collaboration with Power Shift Africa, TMG Research organized a workshop in Nairobi to facilitate an exchange on the implications of carbon markets on land rights with stakeholders, including representatives from ‘affected’ communities.

    William Onura, Moritz Hauer, Washe Kazungu, and Frederike Klümper

  • Climate solutions pose novel problems for global land governance, and importantly, people's rights
    Land Governance May 30, 2024

    Climate solutions pose novel problems for global land governance, and importantly, people's rights

    Together with our partners Robert Bosch Stiftung and Powershift Africa, TMG organized different sessions at the World Bank Land Conference examining the pivotal role of land rights for a just transition towards a sustainable and carbon-neutral future.

    Frederike Klümper (TMG Research), Alice Stevens (Transparency International), Louisa Prause (Robert Bosch Stiftung)

  • 30 years of democracy: A reflection on transition without transformation ahead of South Africa's election
    Urban Food Futures May 24, 2024

    30 years of democracy: A reflection on transition without transformation ahead of South Africa's election

    This election could redefine South Africa's democratic landscape amidst persistent challenges in achieving true equality

    Nicole Paganini, Sanelisiwe Siyotula-Tschappe, Thembeka Sikobi

  • Rising Above the Floods: Stories of Strength from Mukuru and Mathare
    Urban Food Futures May 24, 2024

    Rising Above the Floods: Stories of Strength from Mukuru and Mathare

    The Resilience of Nairobi’s Informal Settlements Amidst Crisis

    Christian Sonntag, Emmanuel Atamba, Serah Kiragu-Wissler, William Onura

  • Unlocking the Potential of Data to Implement True Cost Accounting for Food Systems Transformation
    Food Systems May 15, 2024

    Unlocking the Potential of Data to Implement True Cost Accounting for Food Systems Transformation

    TMG will soon publish a report and a European database to enhance the accessibility and usability of the True Cost Accounting methodology

    Siranush Ghukasyan, Gültac Cinar, Olivia Riemer

  • Rights4Land tools revamped: accessible, comprehensive, and localized
    Land Governance May 08, 2024

    Rights4Land tools revamped: accessible, comprehensive, and localized

    Rights4Land tools were revamped to include human rights instruments that better suit local needs and further equip activists and governments with information critical to upholding land rights.

    Ilse Pelkmans

  • Promoting land restoration beyond public forest: The case of Loita Community Forest in Narok County, Kenya
    Land Governance Apr 24, 2024

    Promoting land restoration beyond public forest: The case of Loita Community Forest in Narok County, Kenya

    Insights from our work with Kenya Land Alliance in Kenya on the opportunity to strengthen national plans to restore degraded lands by increasing support for community forests

    Washe Kazungu

  • No land rights? No climate justice
    Land Governance Apr 16, 2024

    No land rights? No climate justice

    Indigenous Peoples and local communities face uncertainty as climate change initiatives place them in jeopardy. Ensuring their tenure rights are key to achieving a climate-just future

    Jes Weigelt

  • Pioneering systems change: grassroots action forges gender-just pathways to accountability
    Land Governance Apr 02, 2024

    Pioneering systems change: grassroots action forges gender-just pathways to accountability

    The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) focused on how to reform institutions that routinely exclude women and eliminate poverty

    Frederike Klümper, Nicole Paganini, Ilse Pelkmans, David Betge

  • Governance in der Sonderinitiative „EINEWELT ohne Hunger“: Wer steuerte was wohin?
    Food Systems Mar 06, 2024

    Governance in der Sonderinitiative „EINEWELT ohne Hunger“: Wer steuerte was wohin?

    Die vorliegende Studie analysiert explorativ die Governance – also die politische Steuerung – der Sonderinitiative »EINEWELT ohne Hunger« (SEWOH), welche von 2014 bis 2022 durch das BMZ realisiert wurde.

    Harry Hoffmann, Jörg Schindler

  • Strengthening water user associations through digitalization: A field experiment in Southern Maharashtra

    Strengthening water user associations through digitalization: A field experiment in Southern Maharashtra

    There is an urgent need for equal water access in India, which is why TMG and SOPPECOM have partnered to strengthen their water management capacities through digital technologies.

    Larissa Stiem-Bhatia (TMG Research), Neha Bhadbhade (SOPPECOM)

  • Harnessing policy thinking within development cooperation to strengthen the governance of food systems transformation
    Food Systems Feb 27, 2024

    Harnessing policy thinking within development cooperation to strengthen the governance of food systems transformation

    TMG is working to unravel which governance mechanisms are best placed to draw out synergies and collaborations between different food system actors

    Daniel Montas

  • Shaping Just Transition: TMG Research's strategic contributions to building momentum for a land tenure and climate agenda in the three Rio Conventions
    Land Governance Feb 27, 2024

    Shaping Just Transition: TMG Research's strategic contributions to building momentum for a land tenure and climate agenda in the three Rio Conventions

    Building momentum around climate action and land tenure

    Frederike Klümper

  • From scoping to action research: Implementation of five pathways for more resilient and inclusive urban food systems in Cape Town and Nairobi   
    Urban Food Futures Feb 26, 2024

    From scoping to action research: Implementation of five pathways for more resilient and inclusive urban food systems in Cape Town and Nairobi   

    Strengthening Systemic Approaches to Urban Food Transformation

    Nicole Paganini

  • The SEWOH Lab – From Data to Action
    Food Systems Feb 26, 2024

    The SEWOH Lab – From Data to Action

    The SEWOH lab consists of six projects, all of them aiming to combine digital tools and social innovations that generate progress towards sustainable transformations of our societies and food systems.

    David Betge

  • Towards a new economic and governance approach for food systems transformation
    Food Systems Feb 26, 2024

    Towards a new economic and governance approach for food systems transformation

    TMG provided a pivotal background paper on True Cost Accounting to SOFA, and used this platform to call for stronger, more integrated and accountable business reporting standards.

    Olivia Riemer, Lisa Maria Klaus

  • Just transitions rest on the horizon where ideas and action collide
    Land Governance Feb 26, 2024

    Just transitions rest on the horizon where ideas and action collide

    TMG is running full steam to use its action-oriented research to craft innovative, grassroots projects and inform global dialogue.

    Jes Weigelt

  • Harvesting Insights: Key Takeaways from the first two editions of Kakamega Governor's Day with Farmers
    Food Systems Jan 24, 2024

    Harvesting Insights: Key Takeaways from the first two editions of Kakamega Governor's Day with Farmers

    In a groundbreaking initiative, Kakamega County trail-blazed a process that annually unites farmers and policymakers, aptly referred to as "Governor's Day with Farmers" (GDF).

    Lilian Mukoche

  • How Securing Land Rights Can Contribute to Increased Resilience, Soil Restoration, and More Sustainable Land Use
    Land Governance Dec 20, 2023

    How Securing Land Rights Can Contribute to Increased Resilience, Soil Restoration, and More Sustainable Land Use

    In many African countries, insecure land rights spark conflicts with governments in global environmental programmes. TMG Research's workshop addressed challenges, proposed solutions, and created a roadmap for the crucial year of 2024.

    TMG Land Governance Team

  • Insights from UNFCCC COP28 Side Events: Creating Inclusive Governance Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems
    Food Systems Dec 19, 2023

    Insights from UNFCCC COP28 Side Events: Creating Inclusive Governance Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems

    Two side events by TMG Research and WWF discussed how to get from declarations to implementation of effective food systems transformation.

    Lisa Maria Klaus

  • From Data to Action: Six principles for inclusive digitalization towards food systems transformation
    Food Systems Nov 08, 2023

    From Data to Action: Six principles for inclusive digitalization towards food systems transformation

    TMG Research hosted a forum on inclusive digitalization to gather expertise and guidance based on the innovating experiences and demands of communities

    Clare Crowe Pettersson

  • Governance of Food Systems Transformation in Kenya   – many answers and further questions
    Food Systems Nov 07, 2023

    Governance of Food Systems Transformation in Kenya – many answers and further questions

    To contribute to answering questions about the transformation of food systems at the Kenyan level, TMG Research organized a workshop in Nairobi as part of its Food Systems program

    Harry Hoffmann, Emmanuel Atamba

  • Land Rights and Gender Responsive Climate Action Seminar
    Land Governance Sep 26, 2023

    Land Rights and Gender Responsive Climate Action Seminar

    Towards Climate Justice: Securing Women’s Land Rights for a Resilient Tomorrow

    Moritz Hauer, Frederike Klümper

  • Responsible Land Governance in Land Degradation Neutrality Programmes: Insights from Malawi
    Land Governance Aug 03, 2023

    Responsible Land Governance in Land Degradation Neutrality Programmes: Insights from Malawi

    A case study of forest protection and conservation measures implemented in Malawi’s Ntchisi Forest Reserve, and the impact of these measures on the tenure rights of communities living adjacent to the forest.

    Washe Kazungu

  • Grabbing land to save the planet or using the power of human rights to protect tenure rights?
    Land Governance Aug 01, 2023

    Grabbing land to save the planet or using the power of human rights to protect tenure rights?

    Responsible land governance for fair transitions

    David Betge; Ilse Pelkmans

  • The revolution will be crowdsourced!
    Land Governance Aug 01, 2023

    The revolution will be crowdsourced!

    Developing new forms of reporting and monitoring for empowerment and accountability.

    David Betge

  • UNFSS Stocktaking Moment: Empowering Civil Society for Inclusive Food Systems Transformation
    Food Systems Jul 27, 2023

    UNFSS Stocktaking Moment: Empowering Civil Society for Inclusive Food Systems Transformation

    Highlights of UNFSS Stocktaking Moment - side event on civili society actors and marginalized groups in governance of food systems transformation.

    Harry Hoffmann

  • Food systems governance in Kenya: leaving no one behind
    Food Systems Jul 21, 2023

    Food systems governance in Kenya: leaving no one behind

    Reflections from the National Agriculture Summit – July 2023

    Emmanuel Atamba, Jörg Schindler

  • Harnessing Synergies and Mobilizing Joint Action: A Historic First Workshop on Women’s Land Rights with all Three Rio Conventions
    Land Governance Jul 13, 2023

    Harnessing Synergies and Mobilizing Joint Action: A Historic First Workshop on Women’s Land Rights with all Three Rio Conventions

    Reducing systemic inequalities, mitigating and adapting to climate change, and conserving biodiversity through nature conservation, sustainable land management and restoration

    Emily Robertson, Moritz Hauer, Frederike Klümper

  • Navigating digitalization in disaster risk reduction
    Food Systems Jun 30, 2023

    Navigating digitalization in disaster risk reduction

    Digital technologies initially lauded for emergency response in post-2010 Haiti earthquake, but mismanagement of resources and barriers to local input exposed disconnect with local communities.

    Dr. Elena Lazutkaite; Dr Ahmed Amdihun; Alexander Müller

  • Inclusive Governance of Food Systems Transformation: Empowering Food System Actors
    Food Systems Jun 16, 2023

    Inclusive Governance of Food Systems Transformation: Empowering Food System Actors

    Berlin workshop in June 2023 on inclusive food systems governance, emphasizing empowerment of marginalized groups, addressing power imbalances, and fostering collaborations.

    Daniel Montas

  • World Bee Day 2023: Time for sustainable solutions to tackle locust upsurges
    Food Systems May 25, 2023

    World Bee Day 2023: Time for sustainable solutions to tackle locust upsurges

    An urgent call to safeguard pollinators during pest eradication campaigns.

    Elena Lazutkaite, Adam Prakash, Alexander Müller

  • Engaging traditional leaders to advance environmental protection
    Land Governance May 22, 2023

    Engaging traditional leaders to advance environmental protection

    A visit to a revered Maasai traditional leader at the forefront of protecting the sacred Loita Forest in Kenya

    William Onura

  • Unveiling the hidden costs of climate-related disasters in eastern Africa
    Food Systems Apr 27, 2023

    Unveiling the hidden costs of climate-related disasters in eastern Africa

    Lessons in integrating True Cost Accounting to support disaster risk management

    Elena Lazutkaite

  • Governor’s Day with Farmers – an innovative governance tool to bring more local agri-food actors to the policy table
    Land Governance Mar 28, 2023

    Governor’s Day with Farmers – an innovative governance tool to bring more local agri-food actors to the policy table

    Highlights of the 2nd Governor's Day with Farmers, Kakamega County Kenya

    William Onura, Larissa Stiem-Bhatia

  • Food system transformation requires a compass: Ours is the progressive realization of the right to food in low-income urban settings
    Urban Food Futures Mar 22, 2023

    Food system transformation requires a compass: Ours is the progressive realization of the right to food in low-income urban settings

    TMG’s Urban Food Futures programme publishes its scoping report

    Nicole Paganini

  • “Food is not a peculiar challenge in times of crisis. Food is the common crisis”
    Urban Food Futures Mar 10, 2023

    “Food is not a peculiar challenge in times of crisis. Food is the common crisis”

    TMG side event at ARFSD 2023 advocates for valorizing the informal sector as a critical lever for transforming food systems across African cities

    Sanelisiwe Siyotula-Tshappe

  • Kitchens, gender and unlearning feminism
    Urban Food Futures Mar 07, 2023

    Kitchens, gender and unlearning feminism

    Urban Food Futures research results presented at CSW67

    Caroline Peters, Nicole Paganini

  • Women's rights ARE human rights
    Land Governance Mar 03, 2023

    Women's rights ARE human rights

    Harnessing the power of human rights to secure women's land tenure security

    Ilse Pelkmans, Frederike Klümper

  • Digitalizing Development – not digitizing the status quo!
    Land Governance Mar 01, 2023

    Digitalizing Development – not digitizing the status quo!

    Leveraging the potential of digital tools to build inclusive and sustainable agrifood systems

    David Betge

  • The power of human rights to protect tenure rights
    Land Governance Feb 06, 2023

    The power of human rights to protect tenure rights

    A call to human rights and land actors to join hands and advance human rights-based approaches to land governance

    Ilse Pelkmans, Wangu Mwangi, Frederike Klümper

  • Emergency solution or silver bullet?
    Food Systems Jan 31, 2023

    Emergency solution or silver bullet?

    Highlights of discussions on how to steer national pathways for food system transformation at GFFA 2023

    Daniel Montas

  • Business as usual will not fix urban food system crisis: A call to prioritize local voices
    Urban Food Futures Jan 26, 2023

    Business as usual will not fix urban food system crisis: A call to prioritize local voices

    Berlin meeting examines gaps between international policy intentions and implementation on the ground

    Sanelisiwe Siyotula-Tschappe

  • Linking biodiversity conservation to human rights: A much-needed conversation at CBD 15

    Linking biodiversity conservation to human rights: A much-needed conversation at CBD 15

    We need to find new ways to agree on, and implement, robust goals for biodiversity protection

    Alexander Müller and Jes Weigelt

  • Could “Urban Nutrition Hubs” offer a systemic response to entrenched hunger and inequality?
    Urban Food Futures Dec 07, 2022

    Could “Urban Nutrition Hubs” offer a systemic response to entrenched hunger and inequality?

    Take aways from a policy engagement event in Cape Town

    Wangu Mwangi, Luke Metelerkamp, Nicole Paganini

  • Governance: A key missing link in tackling climate-related transboundary threats
    Food Systems Nov 15, 2022

    Governance: A key missing link in tackling climate-related transboundary threats

    Highlights of a GLF Climate expert session co-organized by TMG and IGAD-ICPAC on the sidelines of UNFCCC COP 27

    Wangu Mwangi

  • Coping with conflicts and forced displacement — the role of Foyer Fama’s Kitchen
    Urban Food Futures Nov 03, 2022

    Coping with conflicts and forced displacement — the role of Foyer Fama’s Kitchen

    Exploring the potential of controlled environment agriculture in creating an urban nutrition hub

    Dieudonné Edouard Sango

  • Hunger’s Vicious Cycle: Intersecting food price, security and political crises in Burkina Faso
    Urban Food Futures Nov 02, 2022

    Hunger’s Vicious Cycle: Intersecting food price, security and political crises in Burkina Faso

    Climate shocks and rising global input costs are converging with internal conflict and political instability, triggering devastating food price increases in Burkina Faso.

    Dieudonné Edouard Sango

  • As urban food insecurity worsens, school feeding provides a crucial safety net
    Urban Food Futures Nov 01, 2022

    As urban food insecurity worsens, school feeding provides a crucial safety net

    Examining the state of school feeding

    Atula Owade

  • Drivers of urban food system transformation: Unpacking a social change process in Nairobi
    Urban Food Futures Oct 31, 2022

    Drivers of urban food system transformation: Unpacking a social change process in Nairobi

    Providing space for affected residents to identify their most pressing needs and to be fully involved in designing and implementing solutions for improving their situation

    Atula Owade

  • Unlocking the potential of the Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure in food system transformation
    Land Governance Oct 25, 2022

    Unlocking the potential of the Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenure in food system transformation

    A summary of the CFS 50 side event, Unlocking the potential of the VGGT through Land Degradation Neutrality

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  • Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure (VGGT)
    Land Governance Oct 18, 2022

    Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure (VGGT)

    A Decade of the CFS VGGT: assessing progress and enhancing accountability

    Frederike Klümper and Ilse Pelkmans

  • The race to net zero: Balancing between ecosystem restoration and safeguarding legitimate land rights?
    Land Governance Sep 19, 2022

    The race to net zero: Balancing between ecosystem restoration and safeguarding legitimate land rights?

    A summary of the GLF Africa session: Our Landscape, Our Rights, Our Investment

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  • Crowdsourcing land rights data to improve women’s tenure security
    Land Governance Aug 15, 2022

    Crowdsourcing land rights data to improve women’s tenure security

    Exploring what it takes to leverage the potential of digital technologies on the ground

    David Betge, Wangu Mwangi

  • With pots and pens to parliament – Understanding and responding to crises through a critical feminist lens
    Urban Food Futures Aug 10, 2022

    With pots and pens to parliament – Understanding and responding to crises through a critical feminist lens

    A blog commemorating Women’s Day in South Africa, 9 August

    Caroline Peters, Wendy Pekeur, Matilda Tsitsi Fakazi, Nomonde Buthelezi, Hazel and Sanelisiwe Nyaba, Nicole Paganini and Victoria Redmond

  • Steering Conversations for Building Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Urban Food Systems
    Urban Food Futures Jul 27, 2022

    Steering Conversations for Building Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Urban Food Systems

    Reflections on African cities’ path towards sustainability

    Atula Owade

  • Land tenure rights are at the heart of fighting hunger and transforming food systems
    Land Governance May 23, 2022

    Land tenure rights are at the heart of fighting hunger and transforming food systems

    Highlights from the first ever Food Day at the Rio Conventions Pavilion at UNCCD COP 15 in Abidjan

    David Betge

  • For a just transition to a sustainable planet we must secure land rights
    Land Governance May 23, 2022

    For a just transition to a sustainable planet we must secure land rights

    Highlights of UNCCD COP 15 contributions by TMG and partners

    Wangu Mwangi

  • What are you dishing up? The art of storytelling in transforming urban food systems
    Urban Food Futures May 17, 2022

    What are you dishing up? The art of storytelling in transforming urban food systems

    The uPhakantoni Cape Town Podcast creates a space for conversations around poverty and hunger enabling people to candidly speak for themselves.

    Atula Owade

  • Urban displacements: Facing up to rising food insecurity in Nairobi
    Urban Food Futures Apr 14, 2022

    Urban displacements: Facing up to rising food insecurity in Nairobi

    Analysing media reporting of evictions in the Mukuru informal settlement of Nairobi

    Atula Owade and Samuel Wairimu

  • Shaping tomorrow’s food systems
    Food Systems Apr 07, 2022

    Shaping tomorrow’s food systems

    The role of farmer organisations in global food system transformation

    Jörg Schindler

  • A looming global food crisis: What should the global response be?
    Food Systems Apr 07, 2022

    A looming global food crisis: What should the global response be?

    Unpacking the Four “Cs” of 2022 - Climate, Conflict, Covid and (high food) Costs

    Alexander Müller and Adam Prakash

  • Food systems transformation: towards a common understanding
    Food Systems Mar 21, 2022

    Food systems transformation: towards a common understanding

    TMG Research convenes expert group to kick off new research project on food systems transformation

    Sarah Zitterbarth

  • First Governor’s Day with Farmers takes place in Kakamega County
    Land Governance Mar 07, 2022

    First Governor’s Day with Farmers takes place in Kakamega County

    A template for inclusive policymaking for sustainable agricultural development

    Atula Owade

  • Empowered women: Re-imagining food and community in Cape Town
    Urban Food Futures Mar 07, 2022

    Empowered women: Re-imagining food and community in Cape Town

    Project partners meet some women using community kitchens to drive social transformation in Cape Town's informal settlements.

    Victoria Redmond and Nicole Paganini

  • Desert locust and climate change: a call for improved global governance
    Food Systems Mar 01, 2022

    Desert locust and climate change: a call for improved global governance

    A response to the latest IPCC climate report

    Dr Elena Lazutkaite

  • Building better resilience to desert locust and other transboundary threats amid the climate crisis
    Food Systems Feb 24, 2022

    Building better resilience to desert locust and other transboundary threats amid the climate crisis

    A plaidoyer for a paradigm shift on handling crises

    Dr Adam Prakash and Dr Elena Lazutkaite

  • Re-Imagining Food In Cities: Working On A Theory Of Change For Urban Food Futures In Cape Town 
    Urban Food Futures Feb 09, 2022

    Re-Imagining Food In Cities: Working On A Theory Of Change For Urban Food Futures In Cape Town 

    In January 2022 the Urban Food Futures programme partners in Cape Town met to jointly formulate and discuss the programme's Theory of Change.

    Jemima Spring

  • Transforming urban food systems starting from consumption: a reflection on the 2022 International Symposium on Nutrition
    Urban Food Futures Feb 08, 2022

    Transforming urban food systems starting from consumption: a reflection on the 2022 International Symposium on Nutrition

    This year’s International Nutrition Symposium was all about the urban nutrition transition and the question: “How do we change consumer behaviour towards more sustainability?”

    Irene Fabricci and Louisa Nelle

  • School feeding: Challenges, Trends and Opportunities
    Urban Food Futures Feb 08, 2022

    School feeding: Challenges, Trends and Opportunities

    School feeding programmes are the most extensive social safety net worldwide and increasingly seen as a lever to not only achieve children’s human rights to food, education and health but also transform food systems more holistically.

    Samuel Wairimu

  • A lot on our plate: Dietary patterns as a starting point for the sustainable transformation of food systems
    Food Systems Feb 03, 2022

    A lot on our plate: Dietary patterns as a starting point for the sustainable transformation of food systems

    Using the innovative methodology of True Cost Accounting (TCA) — and building on an analysis of current as well as desired future dietary patterns — to guide policy development and actions.

    Harry Stopes and Wangu Mwangi

  • It starts with people: The human rights imperative for achieving large-scale restoration targets
    Land Governance Feb 03, 2022

    It starts with people: The human rights imperative for achieving large-scale restoration targets

    Contextualising a GFFA Expert Panel hosted by TMG Research

    Wangu Mwangi and Jes Weigelt

  • True Cost Accounting at COP 26: A new tool to support sustainable food systems transformation
    Food Systems Dec 20, 2021

    True Cost Accounting at COP 26: A new tool to support sustainable food systems transformation

    Showing the “hidden costs” of production and revealing the benefits of sustainable food systems

    Polina Korneeva

  • What is our food worth to us?
    Food Systems Dec 17, 2021

    What is our food worth to us?

    Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Side Event explores integrated valuation tools for food systems transformation

    Louisa Nelle

  • Beyond Food Aid: A “Kitchen Retreat” reimagines community in the Cape Flats
    Urban Food Futures Dec 14, 2021

    Beyond Food Aid: A “Kitchen Retreat” reimagines community in the Cape Flats

    A space to exhale, listen and learn

    Nicole Paganini and Wangu Mwangi

  • Towards more inclusive and resilient food systems for Nairobi's informal settlements
    Urban Food Futures Dec 09, 2021

    Towards more inclusive and resilient food systems for Nairobi's informal settlements

    Partner workshop charts transformative pathways for Nairobi's informal urban settlements

    Louisa Nelle and Wangu Mwangi

  • Who benefits? SEWOH Lab study explores farmers’ engagement in carbon sequestration schemes

    Who benefits? SEWOH Lab study explores farmers’ engagement in carbon sequestration schemes

    Findings from research on carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

    Bruno St-Jacques

  • Alliances for change: Developing a collaborative roadmap for Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    Alliances for change: Developing a collaborative roadmap for Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    IKI-funded Climate-SDG Integration Project develops a roadmap for scaling up ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change

    Larissa Stiem-Bhatia, Harry Stopes

  • Strengthening international solidarity for climate resilience

    Strengthening international solidarity for climate resilience

    Advancing rights-based approaches for food systems transformation and climate resilience

    Wangu Mwangi

  • Transformation: does the term still have value?
    Food Systems Nov 03, 2021

    Transformation: does the term still have value?

    TMG think piece series

    Alexander Müller and Jes Weigelt

  • Why context matters in ecosystem resilience: Five insights from India and Guatemala

    Why context matters in ecosystem resilience: Five insights from India and Guatemala

    TMG and partners publish the results of an analysis of community resilience initiatives at several study sites in India and Guatemala

    Harry Stopes, Wangu Mwangi

  • How should we apply the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure? Takeaways from a training session ahead of the 10th anniversary of the VGGT
    Land Governance Sep 29, 2021

    How should we apply the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure? Takeaways from a training session ahead of the 10th anniversary of the VGGT

    TMG Research hosted a VGGT Training in August 2021, focusing on the practical implementation of the Guidelines within its partner countries. This article summarizes the key takeaways.

    Elena Müller, Frederike Klümper

  • Easing access to land for Africa’s youth: Are community land lease arrangements the answer?
    Land Governance Sep 09, 2021

    Easing access to land for Africa’s youth: Are community land lease arrangements the answer?

    Addressing structural constraints that discourage young people from joining the agricultural sector

    Washe Kazungu

  • Escalamiento del enfoque de Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas en una política pública local

    Escalamiento del enfoque de Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas en una política pública local

    Implementación del enfoque AbE en el Plan de Desarrollo Municipal y Ordenamiento Territorial 2019-2032 del municipio de Chiantla, departamento de Huehuetenango, Guatemala

    Asociación ADIMI

  • Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?

    Building wider support for ecosystem-based adaptation: how can communications help?

    Ecosystem-based adaptation increases resilience in the face of climate change, but its adoption is still limited. How better communications can increase uptake.

    Gabriela Flores

  • Developing a human rights approach to land governance: a workshop report
    Land Governance Jul 11, 2021

    Developing a human rights approach to land governance: a workshop report

    How mapping stakeholder relations can help to improve land conflict resolution mechanisms

    Frederike Klümper, Harry Stopes

  • The many faces of sustainability
    Land Governance Jun 25, 2021

    The many faces of sustainability

    Youth in Soil writers share stories from Africa

    Harry Stopes

  • “I don’t know where the firewood buyers are coming from”
    Land Governance Jun 17, 2021

    “I don’t know where the firewood buyers are coming from”

    How Covid-19 puts the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities at risk

    Oscar Schmidt, Serah Kiragu-Wissler, Nelson Muiru and Julius Kariara

  • People and Planet

    People and Planet

    Empowering African communities in ecosystem restoration

    Jes Weigelt and Wangu Mwangi

  • Towards a cultural reset in restoring Africa’s drylands
    Land Governance May 26, 2021

    Towards a cultural reset in restoring Africa’s drylands

    Insights for empowering community-led land management as the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) kicks off

    Wangu Mwangi and Jes Weigelt

  • Covid-19 and the evolving face of urban farming in Nairobi
    Urban Food Futures May 18, 2021

    Covid-19 and the evolving face of urban farming in Nairobi

    How Covid-19 is changing food production in East Africa's largest city

    Samuel Wairimu

  • The EU has what it takes to ramp up global ambition on oceans and climate

    The EU has what it takes to ramp up global ambition on oceans and climate

    3rd International Ocean Governance Forum lays agenda for transformative Blue Economy pathways

    Wangu Mwangi and Harry Stopes

  • From Watershed Development to Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    From Watershed Development to Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    A journey to systemic resilience

    Devaraj de Condappa and Stephen Roche

  • Cheap food is expensive
    Food Systems Mar 31, 2021

    Cheap food is expensive

    Why the World Food Systems Summit must usher in a fundamental change to our food system

    Alexander Müller

  • Achieving the right to land: An innovative tool for tracking land governance in Malawi
    Land Governance Mar 25, 2021

    Achieving the right to land: An innovative tool for tracking land governance in Malawi

    Exploring how a human rights approach will strengthen land rights

    Harry Stopes, Wangu Mwangi, Anna Kramer

  • Repurposing social media
    Food Systems Mar 09, 2021

    Repurposing social media

    Spotlight on emerging innovations in Nairobi’s informal fresh food retail sector

    Sarah D’haen, Louisa Nelle and Irene Fabricci

  • To protect ecosystems, invest in women’s capacities!
    Land Governance Mar 08, 2021

    To protect ecosystems, invest in women’s capacities!

    This International Women’s Day we highlight the importance of women to the success of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030

    Harry Stopes, Jes Weigelt and Wangu Mwangi

  • Knowledge that lasts: Repurposing farmer-led extension models in Benin
    Land Governance Dec 04, 2020

    Knowledge that lasts: Repurposing farmer-led extension models in Benin

    Testing farmer-led knowledge sharing approaches for strengthening sustainable land management and climate resilience in Benin

    Check Abdel Kader Baba and Wangu Mwangi

  • Social innovations for healthy soils and human well-being
    Land Governance Dec 04, 2020

    Social innovations for healthy soils and human well-being

    Supporting smallholders in safeguarding soil ecosystems

    Larissa Stiem-Bhatia

  • Alliances for Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Guatemala

    Alliances for Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Guatemala

    A global shout out to ecosystem-based adaptation

    Marai El Fassi

  • Building Our Food Systems Back Better
    Food Systems Jun 30, 2020

    Building Our Food Systems Back Better

    What is required to make food systems provide sufficient, healthy food while not harming the planet? How should food security be maintained given the threat posed by climate change?

    Alexander Müller and Jes Weigelt

  • Covid-19 Food/Future: How are food systems reconfiguring under the current pandemic?
    Food Systems Jun 25, 2020

    Covid-19 Food/Future: How are food systems reconfiguring under the current pandemic?

    This article presents insights gathered during the first six weeks of the Covid-19 Food/Future initiative by a team of young and dynamic voices based in nine African countries.

    Matteo Lattanzi, Bruno St-Jacques and Sarah D’haen

  • Video Diaries in the Days of Corona: Voices from the Ground
    Urban Food Futures May 25, 2020

    Video Diaries in the Days of Corona: Voices from the Ground

    Young farmers’ insights on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa @CovidFoodFuture and video diaries from Nairobi’s informal settlements

    Alexander Müller and Sarah d'haen

  • Guatemala holds its first National Forum on Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    Guatemala holds its first National Forum on Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    At the National Forum on Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Guatemala, various stakeholders recognized in a written declaration the urgent need to scale-up nature-based solutions

    Marai El Fassi

  • Nurturing nature: Identifying Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) initiatives to build social and political support for EbA upscaling in Guatemala

    Nurturing nature: Identifying Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) initiatives to build social and political support for EbA upscaling in Guatemala

    A step-by-step approach to identifying successful ecosystem-based adaptation initiatives

    Marai El Fassi and Chelsea Jones

  • Creating an enabling environment for nature-based solutions to climate change

    Creating an enabling environment for nature-based solutions to climate change

    Global goals will not percolate by themselves, local evidence is fundamental to implementing nature-based solutions to climate change

    Bruno St-Jacques, Anna Kramer and Jes Weigelt

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