Steven James

Christopher B. Barrett

Shenggen Fan

Tim Benton

Mark Kahn

Jessica Fanzo

Stephen Wood

Roy Steiner

Philip Thornton

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Mario Herrero

Rebecca J. Nelson

Elizabeth Bageant

Edward Buckler

Karen Cooper

Isabella Culotta

Rikin Gandhi

Laté Lawson-Lartego

Jiali Liu

Quinn Marshall

Daniel Mason-D'Croz

Alexander Mathys

Cynthia Mathys

Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou

Alesha Miller

Kamakhya Misra

Andrew Mude

Jianbo Shen

Claire Song

This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets, equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.

Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation

Harry Press

An analysis of available airplane measurements of vertical gust velocity is presented in order to arrive at a simple description of the frequency and intensity of gust velocities experienced by airplanes in operations. For the purpose of application to missile operations; the results obtained are modified to eliminate the effects of storm-avoidance procedures normally followed in airplane operations. The frequency distributions of gust velocity are then converted to a form appropriate for use in power spectral response calculations. Methods of applying the results to the estimation of the large and the small repeated loads in missile operations are then developed. Simple methods of estimating the gust loadings that will be exceeded with a given probability are presented in terms of missile response parameters and turbulence parameters. The limitations of the present results are also discussed briefly.

An Approach to the Problem of Estimating Severe and Repeated Gust Loads for Missile Operations

Thomas L. Coleman

Atmospheric Turbulence Measurements Obtained from Airplane Operations at Altitudes Between 20,000 and 75,000 Feet for Several Areas in the Northern Hemisphere

Duncan Hanks

What were new ideas 30 years ago, such as the concepts of participatory development and systems thinking, are now accepted norms in international development circles. The majority of professionals engaged in rural development accept the proposition that the people who participate in development should play an active role in defining, implementing, and evaluating projects intended to improve their productivity and lives. However this goal remains unrealized in many development programs. Harnessing the Power of Collective Learning considers the challenges and potential of enabling collective learning in rural development initiatives. The book presents 11 case studies of organizations trying to develop and implement collective learning systems as an integral component of sustainable development practice. Through systematic reflection on action and experience, key lessons and themes emerge regarding the nature of voice, participation, feedback loops, accountability and transparency, that will be useful for many others in the development community. This book is a useful resource for academics, practitioners and policy makers in the areas of international development, sustainable development, organizational development, philanthropy, learning communities, monitoring and evaluation and rural development.

Feedback, accountability and constituent voice in rural development

Harnessing the Power of Collective Learning

Roy Steiner

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