Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities

Strategic foresight is systematic means to explore plausible futures. In the agricultural context, strategic foresight allows decision-makers to explore how alternative investments in agriculture research may function given anticipated futures associated with a variety of drivers ranging from climat...

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Autores principales: Prager, Steven D., Wiebe, Keith D.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113721
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description Strategic foresight is systematic means to explore plausible futures. In the agricultural context, strategic foresight allows decision-makers to explore how alternative investments in agriculture research may function given anticipated futures associated with a variety of drivers ranging from climate change to increasing wealth to a changing policy environment. This paper presents an overview and context for six recently published articles in Global Food Security that comprise a virtual special issue on agricultural futures. Each of the papers takes a distinct perspective and addresses key issues from how past trends drive future outcomes to specific commodity systems to issues around employment and rural transformation. While each of the included papers stands on its own merits, the collection presents a unique opportunity to unpack the role of investment in agriculture research from a variety of perspectives. Collectively, the special issue offers insights to support current and future investment planning to better target desired outcomes associated with long-term agricultural research.
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spelling CGSpace1137212025-11-12T04:46:55Z Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities Prager, Steven D. Wiebe, Keith D. agricultural research food systems strategic objectives investment policies investigación agraria sistemas alimentarios política de inversión agriculture investment policies food security livestock models forecasting computable general equilibrium models Strategic foresight is systematic means to explore plausible futures. In the agricultural context, strategic foresight allows decision-makers to explore how alternative investments in agriculture research may function given anticipated futures associated with a variety of drivers ranging from climate change to increasing wealth to a changing policy environment. This paper presents an overview and context for six recently published articles in Global Food Security that comprise a virtual special issue on agricultural futures. Each of the papers takes a distinct perspective and addresses key issues from how past trends drive future outcomes to specific commodity systems to issues around employment and rural transformation. While each of the included papers stands on its own merits, the collection presents a unique opportunity to unpack the role of investment in agriculture research from a variety of perspectives. Collectively, the special issue offers insights to support current and future investment planning to better target desired outcomes associated with long-term agricultural research. 2021-03 2021-05-13T13:02:32Z 2021-05-13T13:02:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113721 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.12.004 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.12.002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.01.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100353 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100441 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.12.005 Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Prager, S.D.; Wiebe, K. (2021) Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities. Global Food Security 28: 100489. ISSN: 2211-9124
spellingShingle agricultural research
food systems
strategic objectives
investment policies
investigación agraria
sistemas alimentarios
política de inversión
agriculture
investment
policies
food security
livestock
models
forecasting
computable general equilibrium models
Prager, Steven D.
Wiebe, Keith D.
Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities
title Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities
title_full Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities
title_fullStr Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities
title_short Strategic foresight for agriculture: Past ghosts, present challenges, and future opportunities
title_sort strategic foresight for agriculture past ghosts present challenges and future opportunities
topic agricultural research
food systems
strategic objectives
investment policies
investigación agraria
sistemas alimentarios
política de inversión
agriculture
investment
policies
food security
livestock
models
forecasting
computable general equilibrium models
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