Monica Schuster

Economist @FAO | Ex-@WWF
PhD Development & Agricultural Economics @KULeuven

[FAO Guatemala @FAOGuatemala]

🔸 La @FAO pone a disposición herramientas claves para fortalecer iniciativas nacionales de transformación de los sistemas agroalimentarios, destacando la importancia de la coordinación con el gobierno, sector privado, academia y cooperación.

[FAO Guatemala @FAOGuatemala]

🔸La @FAO🇬🇹 recibe a David Laborde, Director de Economía Agroalimentaria y Políticas de la @FAO y a su equipo técnico.

🎯Su visita tiene como objetivo analizar oportunidades y desafíos para seguir apoyando al @GuatemalaGob en la transformación de los #SistemasAgroalimentarios.

[Sefi Roth @Sefi_Roth_]

We know that LEZs reduce pollution & improve health but do LEZs also affect education? Absolutely!

[Monica Schuster @SchusterMonic]

A position in a great team👇

[BioeconomicsKUL @bioeconKUL]

🔎 The Society-Environment Interactions Research Group within the Division of Bio-economics is looking for a research assistant to strengthen research on environmental impact assessments.
Apply here: https://t.co/B1gFiurFUf

[Monica Schuster @SchusterMonic]

📊New spatial dataset for regional planning, economic development and resource management ⬇️ #EconomicDevelopment #Geography #Infrastructure

[Andrea Cattaneo @AndrCatt]

💢Global Dataset Alert💢
1/ Groundbreaking geospatial dataset portrays how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. Data has applications in access to health, education, employment. 🧵
Please repost to spread the word. OA Article with data: https://t.co/k4oU3gskNs

[FAO Social & Economic Development @FAOSocioEcon]

.@FAO launched a 🆕 #FAOSTAT domain focused on statistics from dietary data

Read the press release & explore the FAOSTAT domain on food and diet for yourself👇

🗞️https://t.co/ZAq0z3vsmZ

📊https://t.co/Vso24mLOtf

[Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy @AEPP_AAEA]

New article "Decent and equal work in agri-food systems: Evidence from Peru" https://t.co/l6fq82pMsO

[Anna Fabry @AnnaFabry4]

Happy to see our new paper out in @AEPP_AAEA ! - with @SchusterMonic & Miet Maertens

[Monica Schuster @SchusterMonic]

🌾👩‍🌾Agrifood systems are vital for off-farm jobs, but insights on decent & equal work are scarce.

Our @AEPP_AAEA paper explores job quality in Peru's horticulture sector, spotlights gender & migrant disparities, and calls for formalization & regulation

👉https://t.co/AwRDqORNaV

[Beth Bechdol @BethBechdol]

The IPC report released yesterday confirms 2.2 million people – Gaza’s ENTIRE population – are acutely food insecure.

One in four households face catastrophic conditions – extreme lack of food or starvation.

Access for food & feed supplies is critical!
ℹ️https://t.co/8CXb70Xugw

[Maximo Torero @MaximoTorero]

IPC report on Gaza just out. There is no more time, allowing full humanitarian response is urgently needed! https://t.co/fASGVEorxW

[Yann de Mey @YanndeMey]

Our AFR Special Issue “Financing Resilient Food Systems” is still seeking papers that explore the intersection of farm economy/finance, risk management, climate change, and supply chain disruptions in the context of achieving resilient food systems. Deadline March 1st 2024.

[Chris Barrett @cbb2cornell]

Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship program is now accepting research proposals for its 2024 cohort.

1/2
https://t.co/WKyTnzzt2W

[Center on Food Security and the Environment @FoodSecurity_SU]

Applications are due next week for our Postdoctoral Fellowship! Join us in 2024 to design research projects related to global hunger, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation.
Apply here ➡️ https://t.co/HHXJrPusLD
@FSIStanford @StanfordWoods @stanforddoerr

[Monica Schuster @SchusterMonic]

20+ (Sandwich-type) Scholarships for Global South PhD Students Available at @KU_Leuven 🇧🇪

Please share (with potential candidates!)

https://t.co/l4wyXdcTYG

[United Nations @UN]

UN flags were lowered to half-mast at our offices around the world on Monday to mourn and honour the 101 @UNRWA colleagues who have been killed in Gaza in recent weeks.

Civilians and humanitarians are #NotATarget.
https://t.co/xn2PC1B77Q

[Maximo Torero @MaximoTorero]

"An immediate ceasefire and peace are a prerequisite for food security, and the right to food as a basic human right" - Statement by FAO DG of the food security situation in Gaza: https://t.co/nViLex3Q5W

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 looks into the #TrueCostOfFood, in order to guide efforts to transform our agrifood systems.

📕Read the report 👉 https://t.co/b3TEyljlvp

#SOFA2023 #TrueCostAccounting

[Monica Schuster @SchusterMonic]

Der vollständige Bericht ist hier abrufbar: https://t.co/o3GHOz5RS6

[Monica Schuster @SchusterMonic]

#SOFA2023 Bericht: "Versteckte Kosten" unserer Ernährung sind enorm hoch - etwa 10% des weltweiten BIP, durch ungesunde Ernährung und umweltschädliche Landwirtschaft verursacht. Die @FAO ruft zu Maßnahmen auf diese Kosten zu reduzieren https://t.co/sf462eNgdS