Exploring and assessing future options and trade-offs
Our expertise
In short- Circular Food Systems model
- Connecting personal health and high-tech urban food
- FarmAnalytics bio-economic optimization model
- MAGNET model
Through the Wageningen Transformation Initiative, we offer specialised support in advanced transition modelling and analysis. This enables organisations to explore impacts, identify critical drivers and illuminate pathways for systemic change.
The Wageningen Transformation Initiative combines cutting-edge modelling tools with a deep understanding of complex systemic change and the underlying mechanisms; from farm level to global policy.
One of our modelling approaches is the Circular Food Systems model (CiFoS). This enables stakeholders to explore transitions from linear to circular food systems. This biophysical optimisation tool can be applied at various scales, offering insights into resource flows and helping design resilient systems. Similarily, we simulate the possible contribution of local food systems to individual health, aligning production with well-being.
At farm level, we use the FarmAnalytics bio-economic optimization model. This model enables farmers and policy makers to explore payment structures for ecosystem services and optimise decisions that balance productivity with sustainability. And with the MAGNET model, we assess systemic transitions in food systems and bioeconomies at macro level. By integrating socio-economic and environmental dimensions, the model evaluates the impact of policies and guides large-scale transformations.
Contact our expert
Contact persons for this challenge are experts Kasper Kok and Just Dengerink.