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Project
Oct 15, 2024
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) commissioned RAND Europe to undertake research to better understand the use of AI in the food system, specifically in the UK context.
Research
Oct 9, 2024
Through research methods including a rapid evidence assessment, scientometric analysis and horizon scan, this research aims to establish an initial understanding of the current use of AI in the UK food system, and how it may develop in the future.
Sep 27, 2024
We used data from the recently updated Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Index to assess global and regional trends in resource security and relationships with the Human Development Index, internal conflict risk, and population growth.
Research Summary
May 17, 2024
Food insecurity affects about one in ten Americans. This brief summarizes efforts to better understand the potential scope of food insecurity in Los Angeles County, particularly in the Westside Food Bank service area.
Commentary
Mar 25, 2024
If the international community wants to solve the humanitarian problem in Gaza, it will need to go beyond thinking strictly in terms of trucks, roads, and floating piers. It will instead need to choose between a series of bad options. None are particularly appealing outcomes, but in the Middle East, nothing is ever simple.
Feb 2, 2024
It is believed that investing in neighborhoods that have been historically oppressed through food retail, housing, and commercial development can enhance the health, nutrition, and overall perception of residents towards their neighborhood.
Jan 30, 2024
PHRESH, the Pittsburgh Hill/Homewood Research on Neighborhood Change and Health, is is part of an ongoing study of the Hill District and Homewood communities exploring the built and social environment and to what extent changes impact residents' health and wellbeing.
Dec 20, 2023
RAND researchers used the Today’s Army Spouse Panel to measure U.S. Army spouses’ and families’ financial vulnerabilities and to track financial indicators over time, including food insecurity, trouble paying bills, and use of financial resources.
Dec 15, 2023
Food insecurity is a significant public health problem. RAND researchers used publicly available data to map the extent of social vulnerability in Los Angeles County and in the service area of West Side Food Bank to help better target food bank resources.
Nov 29, 2023
This report characterizes how climate hazards will affect the physical environment in the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility in 2035, 2050, and 2070.
This report presents an analysis of the pathways from climate change to conflict and how that relationship is unfolding in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
Nov 9, 2023
Features explore the use of psychedelics to address depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and substance use disorders among veterans, and the prevalence of food insecurity among active-duty military families and veterans.
