Urban agriculture is booming. During case study Water-Energy-Food nexus research at urban farms, investigation indicated two types of ‘food’ to be relevant for urban agriculture. 

Experts from a range of fields and geographies describe key threats to global food security over the next two decades and suggest key research questions and gaps on this topic.

A Personal View in support of SDGs 2 and 3, proposing recommendations for improving future trials in the field of nutrition and cognitive health, particularly in relation to dementia, and highlighting the need for testing of both personalised interventions and generalisable public health interventions.

A Health Policy paper in support of SDGs 2 and 3, calling on the World Health Assembly to pass a resolution for universal mandatory folic acid fortification to prevent the development of spina bifida and anencephaly and to help countries reach their 2030 Sustainable Development Goals on child mortality and health equity.

Supports SDG 15 by providing a methood to preserve wheat species for reintroduction if necessary.

Discusses how plant diversity may enhance carbon retention in soils as well as better ecosystem functions and crop yields.

Limiting food waste for more sustainable consumption.

This Viewpoint supports SDGs 2 and 15 by highlighting the importance of trees and forests to food systems, and exploring how the value of trees and forests in this regard can be enhanced to improve nutritional and environmental sustainability.

Illustrates the impact of the pandemic and resulting reduction in travel on food insecurity in Tajikistan.

With the introduction of nanotechnology in the food industry, new and innovative techniques have started to develop, which holds a promising future to end malnutrition and help achieve United Nations Sustainable Developmental Goal-2 (UN SDG-2), named as zero hunger. This review highlights the need for nanofortification of vitamin B-complex in food matrix to address challenges faced by conventional fortification methods (bioavailability, controlled release, physicochemical stability, and shelf life).