FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Resources for the Future has a long history of work on food and agriculture, from early studies on soil conservation and water quality to recent research on shade-grown coffee and deforestation in Latin America. As food and agricultural issues become more intertwined with apparently non-agricultural concerns, there are significant implications for both food and agriculture systems and how to best manage their associated environmental, health and natural resource impacts.
As in many other areas of RFF research, work on food and agricultural issues is frequently interdisciplinary, often in collaboration colleagues in other institutions, Current areas of research include options for strengthening public and private food safety risk management systems, water allocation between agriculture and urban use, and the interaction between energy markets and agricultural production.