Research Competition About Food System.

BCFN YES! (Young Earth Solutions) is an international competition that was launched in 2012, with the aim of rewarding the best ideas about food and sustainability. The competition invites young PhD and postdoc researchers from any background and nationality to submit a research project to improve the sustainability of the food system.

Competition Jury will select, by September 2017, the best finalist projects (maximum of ten). The finalist Participants will be contacted by e-mail and asked to confirm their attendance to the 8th BCFN International Forum on Food and Nutrition in Milan, which will take place on December 5th, 2017.

Areas of particular interest include:

-Sustainable and healthy diets

-Urban food systems and policies

-Resilient agriculture, land use change and agro-ecology

-The nexus between climate change, energy and food

-Sustainable water management

-Food supply chains

-Ecosystems and ecosystem services

-Healthy lifestyles

-Food waste reduction

-Food policy development

-Food security: availability, access, utilization, stability

-Communication technologies and networks

-Youth and women’s involvement in agriculture