Foresight Studies

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This page presents a database with key resources in the foresight world that indicate the diversity of themes, timescales, perspectives, and regional cover. This resource database includes large-scale studies, reports, and academic articles.

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Featured Foresight Studies

The featured foresight resources give quick access to a diversity of studies related to food systems.  They help to give an overview of the food systems foresight work being undertaken by different organisations.  The featured studies will change over time. Being presented here does not imply any indorsement of the study by Foresight4Food or the Foresight4Food community members.

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Title Year Author Institution Summary
Pathways to Sustainable Land-Use and Food Systems. 2019 Report of the FABLE Consortium. 2019 FABLE International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
IIASA Annual Report 2017 2017 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045 2021 IPES-Food, ETC Group
A low-carbon and hunger-free future for Bangladesh: An ex- ante assessment of synergies and trade-offs in different transition pathways 2023 Saeed Moghayer, Monika Zurek, Maliha Muzammil, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, John Magrath, Andrzej Tabeau, Joost Mattheus Vervoort, Thom Achterbosch
Exploring Food Price Scenarios Towards 2030 with a Global Multi-Region Model 2011 Dirk Willenbockel Institute of Development Studies
Global food systems: Can foresight learn from hindsight? 2019 Karen Brooks, Frank Place
Methods for Developing Multiscale Participatory Scenarios: Insights from Southern Africa and Europe 2007 Kasper Kok, Reinette Biggs, Monika Zurek
Looking across diverse food system futures: Implications for climate change and the environment 2021 Monika Zurek, Aniek Hebinck, Odirilwe Selomane
The future of food and agriculture – Drivers and triggers for transformation 2022 FAO FAO
Thinking about the future of food safety: A foresight report 2022 FAO FAO
Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity 2020 Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition
The paradox of productivity: agricultural productivity promotes food system inefficiency 2019 Tim G. Benton, Rob Bailey
The role of legumes in the sustainable intensification of African smallholder agriculture: Lessons learnt and challenges for the future 2019 B. Vanlauwe, Mariangela Hungría, F. Kanampiu, Ken E. Giller
Adaptation opportunities for smallholder dairy farmers facing resource scarcity: Integrated livestock, water and land management 2019 Caroline K. Bosire, Elizaphan James Oburu Rao, Voster Muchenje, Mark Van Wijk, Joseph O. Ogutu, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Joseph Onam Auma, Ben Lukuyu, James Hammond
Sticky bacteria tolerated as future food 2018 Stella Hurtley, Caroline Ash
Future diets in India: A systematic review of food consumption projection studies 2019 Carmelia Alae-Carew, Frances A. Bird, Samira Choudhury, Francesca Harris, Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, James Milner, Edward JM. Joy, Sutapa Agrawal, Alan D. Dangour, Rosemary Green
Drawing food trends: Design potential in shaping food future 2016 Manuela Celi, Jennifer Rudkin
Modeling Sustainable Food Systems 2016 Thomas Allen, Paolo Prosperi
Integrated scenarios of sustainable food production and consumption in Germany Ullrich Lorenz, Sylvia Veenhoff
Exploring scenario guided pathways for food assistance in Tuscany 2016 Francesca Galli, Sabrina Arcuri, Fabio Bartolini, Joost Vervoort, Gianluca Brunori
Future of sustainable eating? Examining the potential for expanding bean eating in a meat-eating culture 2016 Piia Jallinoja, Mari Niva, Terhi Latvala
Household Food Waste Behavior: Avenues for Future Research 2016 Gustavo Porpino
Multi-factor, multi-state, multi-model scenarios: Exploring food and climate futures for Southeast Asia 2016 Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Joost Vervoort, Amanda Palazzo, Shahnila Islam, Steven Lord, Ariella Helfgott, Petr Havlík, Rathana Peou, Marieke Sassen, Marieke Veeger, Arnout van Soesbergen, Andrew P. Arnell, Benjamin Stuch, Aslihan Arslan, Leslie Lipper
Paths to a sustainable food sector: integrated design and LCA of future food supply chains: the case of pork production in Sweden 2016 Ulf Gunnar Sonesson, Katarina Lorentzon, Annica Andersson, Ulla-Karin Barr, Jan Bertilsson, Elisabeth Borch, Carl Brunius, Margareta Emanuelsson, Leif Göransson, Stefan Gunnarsson, Lars Hamberg, Anna Hessle, Karl-Ivar Kumm, Åse Lundh, Tim Nielsen, Karin Östergren, Eva Salomon, Erik Sindhöj, Bo Stenberg, Maria Stenberg, Martin Sundberg, Helena Wall
Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals 2015 Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Charles Brower, Marius Gilbert, Bryan T. Grenfell, Simon A. Levin, Timothy P. Robinson, Aude Teillant, Ramanan Laxminarayan
Sustainable food production: constraints, challenges and choices by 2050 2015 Fiona C. McKenzie, John Williams
Meeting future food demand with current agricultural resources 2016 Kyle F. Davis, Jessica A. Gephart, Kyle A. Emery, Allison M. Leach, James N. Galloway, Paolo D’Odorico
Food System Sustainability and Food Security: Connecting the Dots 2014 Roberto Capone, Hamid El Bilali, Philipp Debs, Gianluigi Cardone, Noureddin Driouech
Assessing the evolving fragility of the global food system 2015 Michael J Puma, Satyajit Bose, So Young Chon, Benjamin I Cook
Sustainable Food Systems for Future Cities: The Potential of Urban Agriculture* 2014 Kubi Ackerman, Patricia Culligan, Richard Plunz, Maria-Paola Sutto, Leigh Whittinghill
Towards eco-efficient agriculture and food systems: theory, praxis and future challenges 2014 Hayo M. G. van der Werf, Tara Garnett, Michael S. Corson, Kiyotada Hayashi, Donald Huisingh, Christel Cederberg
Re-Assessing resource dependency and criticality. Linking future food and water stress with global resource supply vulnerabilities for foresight analysis Raimund Bleischwitz, Corey M. Johnson, Michael G. Dozler
Framing GM crops as a food security solution 2013 Jacqui Dibden, David Gibbs, Chris Cocklin
Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security 2014 Colin K. Khoury, Anne D. Bjorkman, Hannes Dempewolf, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Luigi Guarino, Andy Jarvis, Loren H. Rieseberg, Paul C. Struik
Scenario Development as a Basis for Formulating a Research Program on Future Agriculture: A Methodological Approach 2013 Ingrid Öborn, Jan Bengtsson, Fredrik Hedenus, Lotta Rydhmer, Maria Stenström, Katarina Vrede, Charles Westin, Ulf Magnusson
Food reformulation: the challenges to the food industry Judith L. Buttriss
Food security framings within the UK and the integration of local food systems 2013 James Kirwan, Damian Maye
Future food: Politics plague seed banks Dave Wood
Stakeholder driven future scenarios as an element of interdisciplinary management tools; the case of future offshore aquaculture development and the potential effects on fishermen in Santa Barbara, California 2013 Rachel Tiller, Rebecca Gentry, Russell Richards
Food Futures: Co-designing Sustainable Eating Practices for 2050 2013 Anna R. Davies
The future of agriculture. Prospective scenarios and modelling approaches for policy analysis 2013 Sergio Gomez y Paloma, Pavel Ciaian, Adriana Cristoiu, Frank Sammeth
Future food: Use local knowledge Selena Ahmed, Anna Herforth
Food security in the Mediterranean in 2030: From foresight to research priorities (The Futures of Agriculture Brief No. 11) 2012 GFAR, Fabien Boulier
Food and Agriculture: The Future of Sustainability 2012 Daniele Giovannucci, Sara J. Scherr, Danielle Nierenberg, Charlotte Hebebrand, Julie Shapiro, Jeffrey Milder, Keith Wheeler
Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies 2013 T. Garnett, M. C. Appleby, A. Balmford, I. J. Bateman, T. G. Benton, P. Bloomer, B. Burlingame, M. Dawkins, L. Dolan, D. Fraser, M. Herrero, I. Hoffmann, P. Smith, P. K. Thornton, C. Toulmin, S. J. Vermeulen, H. C. J. Godfray
Present and Future Challenges in Food Analysis: Foodomics 2012 Virginia García-Cañas, Carolina Simó, Miguel Herrero, Elena Ibáñez, Alejandro Cifuentes
A global foresight on food crop needs for livestock 2012 T. Le Cotty, B. Dorin
Food security and food sustainability: reformulating the debate 2012 Tim Lang, David Barling
Future of food could be bright 2011 Barbara Casassus
Linking Policy on Climate and Food 2011 H. C. J. Godfray, J. Pretty, S. M. Thomas, E. J. Warham, J. R. Beddington