Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40756857›Full record

ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand2025

Gaps in environmental and social evidence base are holding back strategic action on our national food system.

Nick W Smith, Richard W McDowell, Conal Smith, Meika Foster, Charles Eason, Miriana Stephens, Warren C McNabb

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nick W SmithSustainable Nutrition Initiative, Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6230-4355
Richard W McDowellAgResearch Ltd, Lincoln Science Centre, Lincoln, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3911-4825
Conal SmithKōtātā Insight, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1253-9922
Meika FosterAuOra Ltd, Wakatū Incorporation, Nelson, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3828-0840
Charles EasonFaculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand.
Miriana StephensAuOra Ltd, Wakatū Incorporation, Nelson, New Zealand.
Warren C McNabbSustainable Nutrition Initiative, Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While there is broad agreement on the challenges facing the Aotearoa New Zealand food system now and in the near future, there is less agreement on the action to be taken. Poor agreement is fuelled by gaps in both our scientific understanding of the food system and data to support our decision making, particularly in the environmental and social spaces. Filling these gaps and being transparent about scientific confidence in future predictions will strengthen the evidence base for action.

Indexed as

agricultural policyfood policyfood strategyFood systemssustainability

Identifiers

PMID40756857
PMCPMC12315145

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