Advances in Food Security and Sustainability

Dr Barling is head of the Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management at the University of Hertfordshire. His research focuses on food policy, food security and sustainability, and the governance of the agri-food sector. He is co-author of Food Policy: integrating, health, environment and society (Oxford University Press, 2009) and co-editor of Ethical Traceability and Communicating Food (Springer, 2008). He has acted as an advisor and consultant to: UNEP, European Commission DG SANCO, European Parliament, UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, the Scottish Government, and a number of other Governmental and non-governmental bodies. He is a trustee of Sustain the UK NGO alliance for better food and farming. Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food and Agriculture Policy and Ethics; Director of the Global Food Ethics and Policy Program; Co-Chair of the Global Nutrition Report @GNReport; Berman Institute of Bioethics, School of Advanced International Studies and Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

• 1. Managing diversity for food system resilienceJanne Kaseva, Sari J. Himanen and Helena Kahiluoto2. Looking at complex agri-food systems from an actor perspective: The case of Northern ThailandDavid JH Blake, Poon Thiengburanathum, Pongtip Thiengburanathum, Richard M. Friend, Bob Doherty and Samarthia Thankappan3. The evolution of food security policy in Lao PDR: Continuity and change in the era of the sustainable development goalsJannie Armstrong4. Ravaged landscapes and climate vulnerability: The challenge in achieving food security and nutrition in post-conflict Timor-LesteGianna Bonis-Profumo, Rebecca McLaren and Jessica Fanzo5. Leveraging agricultural biodiversity for sustainable diets, highlighting Pacific Small Island Developing StatesBarbara Burlingame, Christopher Vogliano and Paul Eze Eme6. Nutrition transition in India: Overview of dietary intake and nutrition status (2000–Present)Ahmed Raza, Kalyanasundaram Kalaivani and Prema Ramachandran7. A model for cutting food waste in municipal kitchens: The Gothenberg case studyKarin Östergren and Elin Backlund8. Interpretations of social sustainability in UK food policy: The pliable pillarRosalind Sharpe and David Barling