Sustainable Food Projects
Browse the diverse projects exploring Sustainable Food hosted at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
Ongoing projects
| CropXR (2023-2033) | This project seeks to combine biological and computational science and technologies to create, optimise and utilize a revolutionary 'smart-data-breeding' concept. More. |
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| Just CRISPR (2023-2027) | This project studies whether and how crop gene editing technologies (like CRISPR/Cas) can contribute to a just transition for smallholder farmers in the global South. More. |
| Ad-RICCE (2022-2027) | How can we transition to climate-resilient rice farming in a way that is both effective and fair? Adaptive Rice Cultivation for a Changing Climate (Ad-RICCE) seeks to promote more climate resilience agriculture by rice farming in India by combining expertise in plant sciences, social sciences, and policy making. More. |
| Tipping the iceberg: Leveraging a food transition for indigenous communities in the Bering Sea | A team of researchers from Utrecht University and the Aleut community of St. Paul is working on a project to leverage a food system transition for the indigenous community on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. More. |
| UNMAKING (2019-2024) | This project uses a novel interdisciplinary theory to explain whether, when and how grassroots agricultural initiatives unmake environmentally disruptive institutions and practices that are deeply ingrained in capitalist societies. More. |