In October 2020, Nature magazine featured a collection of articles and perspectives with the theme "Sustainable solutions to end hunger” and published an editorial "Ending hunger: science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers”. Policy makers noted that many agricultural research publications that they assessed have not fully addressed the challenges faced by smallholder farmers, despite the urgent need for interventions to tackle hunger.

Please refer to the following links:

Nature Editorial. Ending hunger: science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers Policymakers urgently need ideas on ways to end hunger. But a global review of the literature finds that most researchers have had the wrong priorities. October 12, 2020. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02849-6  

Nature Research. Sustainable solutions to end hunger. October 12, 2020. https://www.nature.com/collections/dhiggjeagd

Contributor: IIYAMA Miyuki (Research Strategy Office)