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2026-09-21
Clara G. Bouyssou, Marco Springmann, Francesco Clora, Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Wusheng Yu
Consumer preferences continue to favour emission-intense foods such as meat and dairy. A scenario analysis explores the social cost of carbon taxation design for balancing emissions and health outcomes, with low leakage risk.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01429-72026-09-21
As the range of agricultural technological solutions expands, questions emerge about how to assess their technical potential under differing local conditions and what that means for food security.
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01437-72026-09-16
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/s43016-026-01421-12026-07-23
Yixuan Wang
Nature Food, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01404-2 Contamination from plastic packaging poses a key challenge for expanding organics recycling. Now, the impact of diverting all post-manufacturing food waste in the United States away from landfills is quantified in terms of greenhouse gas release, nutrient loading and plastic pollution.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01404-22026-07-23
Katherine K. Porterfield
Nature Food, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01396-z Life cycle assessment and mass balance modelling reveal trade-offs in diverting US food waste from landfills to composting and anaerobic digestion. Although climate impacts and nutrient loading would decline, risks of plastic pollution in agricultural soils are estimated to increase.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01396-z2026-07-22
Christian Folberth
Nature Food, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01381-6 The degradation of agricultural land poses a vital threat to productivity and is, in some cases, hard to reverse. Curbing this trend is essential to avoid cascading impacts on natural ecosystems, biodiversity and human health.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01381-62026-07-22
Oliver Taherzadeh
Nature Food, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01389-y Dietary intake and supply chain data from 165 countries reveal demographic disparities in diet-related environmental impacts. Impacts are greatest among young, highly educated urban men, and healthier diets are associated with high plant-based food intake and lower environmental footprints.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01389-y2026-07-22
Hadi Hadi
Nature Food, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01382-5 Land degradation is widely recognized as a threat to food security. Using high-resolution global data on multiple land degradation indicators and crop yield gaps, the study shows that greater historical land degradation is associated with larger yield gaps in major food-producing regions. These findings highlight the need for sustainable agricultural intensification and agri-environmental policies to reduce land degradation and protect future food production.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01382-52026-07-22
Nature Food, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01403-3 Diets affect both human and planetary health. Recent research reveals how dietary footprints vary across demographic groups and offers new data and methods for future studies.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01403-32026-07-21
Nitya Rao
Nature Food, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01392-3 Indigenous and traditional knowledge can help to address climate, biodiversity and nutrition challenges, yet medicalized top-down approaches prevail. This systematic review explores how food systems literacy through culturally grounded, participatory work with local communities can support more sustainable, equitable and healthy food systems.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01392-32026-07-15
Kris A. G. Wyckhuys
Nature Food, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01386-1 Food systems face numerous challenges such as biodiversity loss and undernourishment. This Perspective presents a systems-thinking approach rooted in agroecology that can guide transformative changes for the benefit of both people and the planet.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01386-12026-07-10
Laurence Daoust
Nature Food, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01399-w Global taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01399-w2026-07-10
Sitong Wang
Nature Food, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01395-0 Oil crops underpin diets, livestock production and a growing bio-based economy. A supply-chain analysis shows that their biodiversity impacts are shaped not only by how much land is cultivated, but also by where production occurs — and which consumers ultimately drive demand.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01395-02026-07-10
Fei Lun
Nature Food, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01378-1 Soybeans are central to global food security, but rising demand for animal-sourced foods has made China highly dependent on imports, creating environmental spillover through deforestation and land-use pressure in major exporting regions. Based on reconstructed soybean demand from 1961 to 2022, this study shows that combined policy implementation could raise China’s soybean self-sufficiency to 80% by 2050 while reducing global cropland expansion and supporting nutrition and climate benefits.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01378-12026-07-03
Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei
Nature Food, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01393-2 Modern plant breeding optimizes varieties for sole cropping, creating trait mismatches that constrain the diversification essential for climate resilience. We propose Smart Systems Breeding, reframing environmental variability as strategic information for precision variety deployment. This approach integrates farmer networks, environmental monitoring and modelling to accelerate breeding for locally adapted intercropping, crop mixtures and agroforestry that supports sustainable agriculture.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01393-22026-07-03
Bianca Datta
Nature Food, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01380-7 Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how new foods are designed, produced and experienced. While AI has the potential to link molecular composition to functional and sensory performance and accelerate food innovation, challenges related to data quality, transparency and governance remain. Addressing these challenges requires interdisciplinary collaboration, open and inclusive data ecosystems and AI systems that augment, rather than replace, human expertise.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01380-72026-07-03
Marco Springmann
Nature Food, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01388-z The Global Dietary Database for Impact Assessments provides information on what people eat across countries and demographic groups by integrating data on food availability, consumption and waste, as well as energy needs. It supports analyses of the impacts of diets on health, environmental and economic outcomes.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01388-z2026-06-24
Nature Food, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01390-5 The strength of the evidence linking ultra-processed foods to adverse health outcomes polarizes the opinion of the scientific community. Two Perspectives published side-by-side in this issue of Nature Food explore these different views and their implications for food policy.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01390-52026-06-19
Shuntian Wang
Nature Food, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01375-4 Spatial assessments reveal that oil crop expansion, particularly in tropical regions, threaten global biodiversity. Hotspots of production and consumption are identified, showing that consumption-side interventions can aid in developing strategies to reduce biodiversity impacts.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01375-42026-06-18
Neha Khandpur
Nature Food, Published online: 18 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01371-8 Policymakers often dismiss the health risks associated with the intake of ultra-processed foods, alleging conceptual imprecision and limited evidence. This Perspective offers responses to four such criticisms common in the public discourse.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01371-82026-06-18
Jimmy Chun Yu Louie
Nature Food, Published online: 18 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01372-7 Ultraprocessed food research faces several methodological limitations that warrant careful scientific examination rather than rhetorical dismissal. Advancing research quality and fostering open dialogue remain essential, alongside timely public health action.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01372-72026-06-17
Jieyong Wang
Nature Food, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01374-5 Management of micro-scale cropland edges, by reducing edge density and expanding buffer zones, can improve yield stability under climate extremes, but edge-effect mechanisms are context-dependent.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01374-52026-06-15
Ben van Selm
Nature Food, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s43016-026-01369-2 The Netherlands is one of the world’s top trading countries and the second largest exporter of agricultural goods. Using an agroecological food system model, this study examines the feasibility of this position.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s43016-026-01369-2