2026-09-16
Eleanor Hammond, Lauren Bandy, E. J. Milner-Gulland, Rachel Pechey, Mike Rayner, Peter Scarborough, Shruti Jain, Michael Clark
Food and beverage manufacturers have the potential to contribute to the transition towards a more nutritious and sustainable food system. By analysing products sold by 44 major food and beverage manufacturers in the UK, this study identifies how, and to what extent, changes to product portfolios could improve the healthiness of food products while reducing their environmental impact.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01420-22026-09-10
Kate R. Schneider, Roseline Remans, Tesfaye Hailu Bekele, Destan Aytekin, Piero Conforti, Shouro Dasgupta, Fabrice DeClerck, Deviana Dewi, Carola Fabi, Jessica A. Gephart, Yuta J. Masuda, Rebecca McLaren, Michaela Saisana, Nancy Aburto, Ramya Ambikapathi, Mariana Arellano Rodriguez, Simon Barquera, Jane Battersby, Ty Beal, Christophe Béné, Carlo Cafiero, Christine Campeau, Patrick Caron, Andrea Cattaneo, Jeroen Candel, Namukolo Covic, Inmaculada del Pino Alvarez, Ana Paula Dominguez Barreto, Ismahane Elouafi, Tyler J. Frazier, Alexander Fremier, Pat Foley, Christopher D. Golden, Carlos Gonzalez Fischer, Alejandro Guarin, Sheryl Hendriks, Anna Herforth, Maddalena Honorati, Jikun Huang, Yonas Getaneh, Gina Kennedy, Amos Laar, Rattan Lal, Preetmoninder Lidder, Getachew Legese Feye, Brent Loken, Hazel Malapit, Quinn Marshall, Kalkidan A. Mulatu, Ana Munguia, Stella Nordhagen, Danielle Resnick, Diana Suhardiman, U. Rashid Sumaila, Bangyao Sun, Belay Terefe Mengesha, Maximo Torero Cullen, Francesco N. Tubiello, Corné van Dooren, Isabel Valero Morales, Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol, Patrick Webb, Keith Wiebe, Lawrence Haddad, Mario Herrero, Jose Rosero Moncayo, Jessica Fanzo
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01438-62026-09-10
Yeying Zhou, Andrea Fiorini, Michele Croci, Xiaotong Tang, Davide Cammarano
Institutional and structural barriers limit the effective use of remote sensing in European Union agricultural governance, constraining its potential to enable fair, resilient and environmentally sound farming practices. We outline financial, academic and policy reforms to address these barriers, linking satellite observation with local knowledge systems and institutional accountability.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01427-92026-09-09
Raj Patel, Gaëtan Vanloqueren
A bold proposal to re-embed food systems under democratic control, and within planetary boundaries, uses a long tradition of social security in francophone Europe. Beginning as a grassroots initiative, food social security and the right to food have since made parliamentary advances in France, Belgium and Switzerland, while a first pilot now runs in Spain. The proposal offers lessons for food system reform well beyond Europe.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01426-w2026-09-08
Jie Su, Michelle Tigchelaar, Ben Belton, Quanli Wang, Cristiano M. Rossignoli, Edward H. Allison, Max Troell, Alexandros Gasparatos
Inland aquaculture faces varied climate impacts. This systematic review identifies 53 adaptation options and 17 barriers, highlighting the need for tailored strategies, policy coherence, better information sharing and increased financial investment.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01410-42026-09-03
Robel Alemu, Kibrom Tafere, Dawd Gashu, Edward J. M. Joy, Elizabeth H. Bailey, R. Murray Lark, Martin R. Broadley, William A. Masters
This study examines the effects of early-life iodine deficiency on health and educational outcomes following the war-induced disruption of Ethiopia’s salt iodization programme in the late 1990s. Using a quasi-experimental design, it finds that early-life iodine deficiency is associated with higher early-childhood mortality and lower performance on standardized secondary-school exams among rural children.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01408-y2026-09-03
Ethiopia’s iodized salt supply was cut off in May 1998, limiting intake to the iodine levels in local foods. We found a significant drop in child survival and academic achievement, especially in rural districts with lower environmental iodine concentrations. Placebo tests confirm that losses were caused by a lack of iodine.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01415-z2026-09-02
Katherine P. Adams
Large-scale food fortification can be an effective strategy to address hidden hunger, but only if vulnerable populations actually eat the fortified foods. A systemic framework using publicly available data from ten West African countries reveals that a wider mix of fortified foods than are currently considered for fortification is needed for building more equitable programmes.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01421-1