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Knowledge democratization approaches for food systems transformation

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Current narrow views of what constitutes evidence have left blind spots in food system decision-making. Yet, alternative ways of facilitating the production and exchange of transdisciplinary knowledge enable key lessons for more equitable and informed policy processes.

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Fig. 1: Diverse knowledge sources for sustainable and equitable food systems.

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  1. Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Samara Brock

  2. Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Dillon, CO, USA

    Lauren Baker & Amanda Jekums

  3. Cultivate Collective, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Faris Ahmed

  4. Caribbean Agroecology Institute, Burlington, VT, USA

    Margarita Fernandez

  5. Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Maywa Montenegro de Wit

  6. Department of Sustainable Development, Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo, La Presumida, Mexico

    Francisco J. Rosado-May

  7. Institute for Agroecology (IFA), University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    V. Ernesto Méndez & Colin R. Anderson

  8. EAT Forum, Oslo, Norway

    Fabrice DeClerck

  9. Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT, Montpellier, France

    Fabrice DeClerck

  10. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, USA

    Molly D. Anderson

  11. Department of Global Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Rachel Bezner Kerr

  12. Buy Pure New Zealand, Waitakere, New Zealand

    Brendan Hoare

  13. Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Hannah Wittman

  14. Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Hannah Wittman

  15. UBC Centre for Climate Justice, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Hannah Wittman

  16. Louvain Coopération, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Amaury Peeters

  17. Groundswell International, Washington, DC, USA

    Peter Gubbels

  18. EnviroStrat, Auckland, New Zealand

    Cerasela Stancu

  19. ECODEVELOPPEMENT, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), Avignon, France

    Stéphane Bellon

  20. ECDYSIS Foundation, Estelline, SD, USA

    Jonathan G. Lundgren

  21. Blue Dasher Farm, Estelline, SD, USA

    Jonathan G. Lundgren

  22. World Agroforestry (CIFOR–ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya

    Swati Renduchintala

  23. Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming, Guntur, India

    Swati Renduchintala & Vijay Thallam

  24. Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems, The McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Jane Maland Cady & Paul Rogé

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