Publications | Derek Chan

Publications

Market pathways to food systems transformation toward healthy and equitable diets through convergent innovation.

With Jeroen Struben, Byomkesh Talukder & Laurette Dubé. Nature Communications, 16, 4246
Feedbacks involving social and material market infrastructure can both constrain and enable transformations towards more equitable, healthier food systems. A comprehensive approach to guiding food system change, with a critical role for both individual and collective action across sectors is presented.
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Modelling carbon and economic dynamics in livestock systems in Tanzania

With Sirak Bahta ILRI Brief
Given the high potential climate impact of value chain upgrading opportunities, such as leather or productivity increases in meat and milk, it is important to understand their carbon dynamics and emission impacts.
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Community of Practice (CoP) on climate informed advisory services for livestock farmers: The process of co-development and dissemination in Senegal

With Prosper Houessionon, Nadine Worou, Nourou-Dine Yessoufou, Adama Sarr, Oumar Konte, Fafa Sow, Abdrahmane Wane & Anthony Whitbread AICCRA Infonote
Development of livestock farmer-targeted climate advisories in a colloquium of organizations including producers' organizations, non-governmental organizations, government agencies and government ministries and pilot to one thousand producers.
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Web-based simulation interfaces as decision support tools for livestock systems

With Joshua Aboah, Sirak Bahta, Francis Wanyoike & Joseph Karugia ILRI Manual 62
Use of System Dynamics-based modeling tools to support decision-making in livestock systems.
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The participatory selection of priority climate-resilient value chains for dryland mixed farming systems in Senegal

With Kanar Dizyee, Prosper Houessionon, Issa Ouedraogo, Stephanie Jaquet, Shalander Kumar, Aliou Faye, Binta Diouf, Kane Ndjido, Robert Zougmore & Anthony Whitbread AICCRA Report
Analysis of dryland crop and livestock value chains in Senegal to identify priority value chains for further study and intervention.
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Prioritization of climate smart livestock practices and technologies along with beef and dairyvalue chains

With Prosper Houessionon, Abdrahmane Wane, Fafa Sow, Siagbe Golli, Alcade Segnon, Nadine Worou & Anthony Whitbread AICCRA Report
Identification and prioritization of climate-smart livestock practices in Senegal.
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Beef and dairy value chains in Senegal: Problems and Opportunities

With Prosper Houessionon, Fafa Sow, Lucie Perin, Alexandra Krendelsberger, Ibrahima Seck, Abdrahmane Wane, Anthony Whitbread & Nadine Worou AICCRA Infonote
Value chain assessment of the beef and dairy value chains in Senegal to identify opportunities for innovation and major constraints.
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Regional integrated livestock value chain simulation model for economic, equity, and environment policy assessment

With Kanar Dizyee, Joshua Aboah, Sirak Bahta, Isabelle Baltenweck, Dolapo Enahoro, Francis Wanyoike, Joseph Karugia & Karl M. Rich. ILRI Report 93
Proposes a unified framework that brings Value Chain Mapping and System Dynamics together in order to assess livestock value chains, with particular emphasis on the interaction between actors.
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Integrated simulation for the 2030 Agenda

With Matteo Pedercini & Steve Arquitt System Dynamics Review, 36, 333-357
Sustainable development and the field of System Dynamics have evolved in lockstep since the early 1970s as increasing focus is on dynamic complexity of socioeconomic and environmental systems.
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Understanding dynamics of equitable market transformation: The case of healthful foods

Doctoral thesis McGill University
Why, despite increased awareness on healthy eating, does obesity remain so high? A built-in system of manufacturing, distribution and marketing of unhealthy foods, along with entrenched eating behavior makes changing current food consumption habits very difficult.
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Policy insights from the nutritional transformation model: The case of obesity prevention

With Jeroen Struben & Laurette Dubé Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1331, 57-75.
Integrative policy portfolios combining nutrition-sensitive government policy, industry self-regulation and efforts to foster health-sensitive food innovation can buld the potential to transform the food market to self-sufficiently supply nutritious foods.
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