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Animal Health and Welfare Pathway (AHWP) (2024)
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Payne-Gifford, S., Myers, J., Whatford, L., Tak, M., van Winden, S., Qi, A., Haesler, B., & Barling, D. (2024). Animal Health and Welfare Pathway (AHWP). RVC Research online: not applicable

An unprecedented set of challenges now confronts livestock food systems in Britain. With household budgets being squeezed, producers, processors, retailers and wholesalers are under increasing pressure to maintain the affordability of their products... Read More about Animal Health and Welfare Pathway (AHWP).

Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) (2024)
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Myers, J., Whatford, L., Qi, A., Cooke, R., Payne-Gifford, S., Tak, M., van Winden, S., Barling, D., & Haesler, B. (2024). Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs). not applicable

An unprecedented set of challenges now confronts livestock food systems in Britain. With household budgets being squeezed, producers, processors, retailers and wholesalers are under increasing pressure to maintain the affordability of their products... Read More about Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs).

Transparency in the beef and sheep meat food systems enables agency and fairness. (2024)
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Whatford, L., Payne-Gifford, S., Myers, J., Tak, M., van Winden, S., Qi, A., Barling, D., & Haesler, B. (2024). Transparency in the beef and sheep meat food systems enables agency and fairness. RVC Research online: not applicable

An unprecedented set of challenges now confronts livestock food systems in Britain. With household budgets being squeezed, producers, processors, retailers and wholesalers are under increasing pressure to maintain the affordability of their products... Read More about Transparency in the beef and sheep meat food systems enables agency and fairness..

Who is responsible for fixing the food system? A framing analysis of media reactions to the UK's National Food Strategy (2024)
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Tak, M., Blair, K., & Marques, J. G. O. (2024). Who is responsible for fixing the food system? A framing analysis of media reactions to the UK's National Food Strategy. British Food Journal, 126(13), 119-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-04-2023-0338

Purpose High levels of child obesity alongside rising stunting and the absence of a coherent food policy have deemed UK’s food system to be broken. The National Food Strategy (NFS) was debated intensely in media, with discussions on how and who shoul... Read More about Who is responsible for fixing the food system? A framing analysis of media reactions to the UK's National Food Strategy.

Economic evaluation of antimicrobial usage surveillance in livestock: -EN- Economic evaluation of antimicrobial usage surveillance in livestock -FR- Évaluation économique de la surveillance exercée sur l'utilisation d'agents antimicrobiens chez les animaux d'élevage -ES- Evaluación en clave económica de la vigilancia del uso de agentes antimicrobianos en el ganado (2023)
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ALARCON, P., STRANG, C., CHANG, Y., & TAK, M. (2023). Economic evaluation of antimicrobial usage surveillance in livestock: -EN- Economic evaluation of antimicrobial usage surveillance in livestock -FR- Évaluation économique de la surveillance exercée sur l'utilisation d'agents antimicrobiens chez les animaux d'élevage -ES- Evaluación en clave económica de la vigilancia del uso de agentes antimicrobianos en el ganado. Scientific and Technical Review, 42, 42-51. https://doi.org/10.20506/rst.42.3347

Processed foods purchase profiles in urban India in 2013 and 2016: a cluster and multivariate analysis (2022)
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Tak, M., Law, C., Green, R., Shankar, B., & Cornelsen, L. (2022). Processed foods purchase profiles in urban India in 2013 and 2016: a cluster and multivariate analysis. BMJ Open, 12(10), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062254

Objectives Sales of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) and beverages are rising in low-income and middle-income countries. Such foods are often linked with weight gain, obesity, type 2 diabetes and hypertension-diseases that are on the rise in India. This p... Read More about Processed foods purchase profiles in urban India in 2013 and 2016: a cluster and multivariate analysis.

Exploring why animal health practices are (not) adopted among smallholders in low and middle-income countries: a realist framework and scoping review protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Hidano, A., Holt, H., Durrance-Bagale, A., Tak, M., & Rudge, J. W. (in press). Exploring why animal health practices are (not) adopted among smallholders in low and middle-income countries: a realist framework and scoping review protocol. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.915487

Background Improving livestock health is considered critical to address poverty, malnutrition and food insecurity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Modifications of livestock management practices is also increasingly recognized as an impor... Read More about Exploring why animal health practices are (not) adopted among smallholders in low and middle-income countries: a realist framework and scoping review protocol.

Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities: Insights From Urban Growers in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (2022)
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Raja, S., Parvaiz, A., Sanders, L., Judelsohn, A., Guru, S., Bhan, M., Osuri, G., Tak, M., Mui, Y., & Frimpong Boamah, E. (in press). Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities: Insights From Urban Growers in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Journal of the American Planning Association, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2022.2072370

Protracted political conflicts disrupt people's lives, including their ability to feed themselves. Urban planning, operating within the ambit of the state, impacts food systems in conflict cities. We examine the confluence of planning and political m... Read More about Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities: Insights From Urban Growers in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

A global media analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on chicken meat food systems: Key vulnerabilities and opportunities for building resilience (2021)
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Whatford, L., Chapot, L., Compston, P., Tak, M., Cuevas, S., Garza, M., Bennani, H., Bin Aslam, H., Hennessey, M., Limon, G., Queenan, K., Fournie, G., Dadios, N., & Haesler, B. (2021). A global media analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on chicken meat food systems: Key vulnerabilities and opportunities for building resilience. Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169435

Food systems are increasingly under threat, with climate, biological, economic or policy shocks and stressors occurring at an increasing frequency and scale. News articles published globally between December 2019 and April 2020 were collated and anal... Read More about A global media analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on chicken meat food systems: Key vulnerabilities and opportunities for building resilience.

Exploring the barriers and incentives towards effective surveillance for antimicrobial and anthelmintic usage (AMHU) in beef cattle and sheep in Great Britain (2021)
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Arnold, J.-C., Whatford, L., Gabain, I., Tak, M., Van Winden, S., Barling, D., & Haesler, B. (2021). Exploring the barriers and incentives towards effective surveillance for antimicrobial and anthelmintic usage (AMHU) in beef cattle and sheep in Great Britain. RVC Research Online: not applicable

Antimicrobial and anthelmintic usage (AMHU) in livestock production has increased over the last 50+ years. Microbial and helminthic exposure to such drugs is understood to have contributed to increased resistance to treatment, causing significant eco... Read More about Exploring the barriers and incentives towards effective surveillance for antimicrobial and anthelmintic usage (AMHU) in beef cattle and sheep in Great Britain.

AMHU Surveillance GB Beef Cattle And Sheep Research Brief 2021 (2021)
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Arnold, J., Whatford, L., Payne-Gifford, S., Tak, M., Van Winden, S., Barling, D., & Hӓsler, B. (2021). AMHU Surveillance GB Beef Cattle And Sheep Research Brief 2021. RVC Research Online: Cadogan Trust

Antimicrobial and anthelmintic usage (AMHU) in livestock production has increased over the last 50+ years. Microbial and helminthic exposure to such drugs is understood to have contributed to increased resistance to treatment, causing significant eco... Read More about AMHU Surveillance GB Beef Cattle And Sheep Research Brief 2021.

The impact of agricultural input subsidies on food and nutrition security: a systematic review (2018)
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Walls, H. L., Johnston, D., Tak, M., Dixon, J., Hanefeld, J., Hull, E., & Smith, R. D. (2018). The impact of agricultural input subsidies on food and nutrition security: a systematic review. Food Security, 10(6), 1425-1436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0857-5

Agricultural input subsidies, a form of social protection, are often considered an important means of improving agricultural productivity in low- and middle-income countries. However, their effectiveness and efficiency remains contentious with respec... Read More about The impact of agricultural input subsidies on food and nutrition security: a systematic review.

Comparison of food consumption in Indian adults between national and sub-national dietary data sources (2017)
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Aleksandrowicz, L., Tak, M., Green, R., Kinra, S., & Haines, A. (2017). Comparison of food consumption in Indian adults between national and sub-national dietary data sources. British Journal of Nutrition, 117(7), 1013-1019. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114517000563

Accurate data on dietary intake are important for public health, nutrition and agricultural policy. The National Sample Survey is widely used by policymakers in India to estimate nutritional outcomes in the country, but has not been compared with oth... Read More about Comparison of food consumption in Indian adults between national and sub-national dietary data sources.

Welfare analysis of changing food prices: a nonparametric examination of rice policies in India (2015)
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Groom, B., & Tak, M. (2015). Welfare analysis of changing food prices: a nonparametric examination of rice policies in India. Food Security, 7(1), 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0413-x

The paper examines the welfare impact of the Indian government’s rice price policies in the light of the global food crisis of 2007–08 using a nonparametric approach for regression and density estimation. In particular, the impact of a ban on export... Read More about Welfare analysis of changing food prices: a nonparametric examination of rice policies in India.