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Research 2017-2023

Research 2017-2023

During the first five years of the Duke World Food Policy Center, we explored a diverse array of food systems issues. From faith communities and food charity; to international agricultural development assistance and the role of fisheries in meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger; to economic development of communities through food businesses and networks and analysis of the charitable food system during COVID-19. The Center supported applied research opportunities more than 80 undergraduate and graduate students, including a Congressional Hunger Fellow. Our reports and publications are below.

Reports & Research Papers

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Equitable Food Oriented Development Case Study: El Departamento de la Comida, Puerto Rico

Food Systems Conceptual Framework: Companion Guide

Food Systems Conceptual Framework: Companion Guide on Conflict, Fragility, and Violence

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Feed the Future and Conflict Integration: A Toolkit for Programming

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Moving the Needle on Global Food Systems Financing: Translating Evidence from Health to Agriculture Development Finance

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Combatting illegal fishing through transparency initiatives: Lessons learned from comparative analysis of transparency initiatives in seafood, apparel, extractive, and timber supply chains

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Opportunities for the Committee on World Food Security – Post Food Systems Summit 2021

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Survey Analysis: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Hunger Relief Organizations (August-November 2020)

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Research Brief: North Carolina Food System Resilience Strategy

Impact of COVID-19 on Restaurants in Durham, NC

Impact of COVID-19 on Restaurants in Durham, North Carolina June-September 2020

Durham Impact Map

Visualizing the food landscape of Durham, North Carolina

USAID Water and Conflict: Toolkit for Programming

USAID Water and Conflict: A Toolkit for Programming

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North Carolina Food System Resilience Strategy

Racial Inequities in Food Systems – An Analysis of the Mexican and Brazilian Cases

The Practitioner Landscape: How Faith Communities are Involved in Food Systems Work

Research Brief: The Financing Landscape for Agricultural Development – An Assessment of External Financing Flows to Low- and Middle-Income Countries and of the Global Aid Architecture

Fish

Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding

The Financing Landscape for Agricultural Development: An Assessment of External Financing Flows to Low- and Middle-Income Countries and of the Global Aid Architecture

Power & Benefit on the Plate – The History of Food in Durham, North Carolina

Rural Child Hunger & Faith Community Engagement

Teenagers in Ghana

Role of food aid and assistance in addressing the double burden of malnutrition in Ghana: a qualitative policy analysis

Identifying and Countering White Supremacy Culture in Food Systems

How Innovative CDFIs Fund Equitable Food Oriented Development

High Level Commissions and Global Policymaking: Prospects for Accelerating Progress Toward SDG2

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Chapter 17: Future Challenges, Trends, and Opportunities

Concept Paper: Leveraging the Food Economy for a More Equitable Durham

Nutritious Food Procurement in Cities in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Duke GAIN Summary Report

Food Systems Dialogues Summary Report

Charlotte Food & Social Mobility Summit

Primer on US Food and Nutrition Policy and Public Health: Food Assistance

Convening Report: Our Collective Next Steps in Food & Faith Work

Equity in Access to Capital for Food Entrepreneurship in Durham

A Systems Approach to Assessing Environmental and Economic Effects of Food Loss and Waste Interventions in the United States

Grappling With Complex Food Systems to Reduce Obesity: A US Public Health Challenge

Potential Policy Approaches to Address Diet-Related Diseases

Contribution of Fisheries to Food and Nutrition Security: Current Knowledge, Policy, and Research

Sports Sponsorships of Food and Nonalcoholic Beverages

Marketing Food and Beverages to Youth Through Sports

Fast Food

Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better Than Food Deserts in the United States

U.S. Nutrition Assistance, 2018 — Modifying SNAP to Promote Population Health

Strategic science for eating disorders research and policy impact

Explainers & Infographics