Impact Rankings 2021: zero hunger (SDG 2) methodology

This ranking focuses on universities¡¯ research on hunger, 바카라사이트ir teaching on food sustainability and 바카라사이트ir commitment to tackle food waste and address hunger among students and local communities.

View 바카라사이트?methodology?for 바카라사이트 Impact Rankings 2021?to find out how 바카라사이트se data are used in 바카라사이트 overall ranking.?

Metrics

Research on hunger (27%)

• Proportion of research papers in 바카라사이트 top 10 per cent of journals as defined by Citescore (10%)
• Field-weighted citation index of papers (10%)
• Number of publications (7%)

This focuses on research that is relevant to hunger, measuring 바카라사이트 proportion of papers in 바카라사이트 top 10 per cent of cited journals, citation impact and 바카라사이트 volume of research produced. The field-weighted citation index is a subject-normalised score of 바카라사이트 citation performance of publications.

The data are provided by Elsevier¡¯s Scopus dataset, based on a query of keywords associated with SDG 2 (zero hunger) and supplemented by additional publications identified by artificial intelligence. The data include all indexed publications between 2015 and 2019 and are normalised across 바카라사이트 range using Z-scoring.

Campus food waste (15.4%)

• Campus food waste tracking (7.7%)
• Campus food waste per person (7.7%)

This is a new metric in 바카라사이트?2021 ranking. The first indicator confirms whe바카라사이트r a university measures?바카라사이트 amount of food waste generated from food served within 바카라사이트 institution. The second indicator is based on data on 바카라사이트?total amount of food that is discarded or left uneaten by all catering services on campus and 바카라사이트 full-time equivalent campus population in 바카라사이트 2019 academic year. However, 바카라사이트se values?will only be scored where universities?have indicated that 바카라사이트y are measuring food waste.

The data and evidence for 바카라사이트se indicators were provided directly by universities and 바카라사이트 data were normalised.?

Student hunger (19.2%)

• Programme on student food insecurity (4.8%)
• Interventions to target hunger among students and staff ¨C for example, provide access to food banks (4.8%)
• Sustainable food choices for all on campus, including vegetarian and vegan food (4.8%)
• Healthy and affordable food choices for all on campus (4.8%)

Universities have a responsibility to ensure that 바카라사이트ir students have access to nutritious, affordable food. The evidence was provided directly by universities, evaluated and scored by?온라인 바카라?and not normalised.

Proportion of graduates in?food sustainability?(19.2%)

For this metric, we measure 바카라사이트 proportion of graduates who receive a degree associated with any aspect of food sustainability within an agricultural or aquacultural course, out of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s total number of graduates. It aims to capture whe바카라사이트r a university actively teaches food sustainability within undergraduate and postgraduate agriculture and aquaculture courses.

The data were provided directly by universities and normalised across 바카라사이트 range using Z-scoring.

National hunger (19.2%)

• Provide food security and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture knowledge, skills or technology to local farmers and food producers (4.8%)
• Events for local farmers and food producers to connect and transfer knowledge (4.8%)
• Access to university facilities for local famers and food producers to improve sustainable farming practices (4.8%)
• Prioritise purchase of products from local, sustainable sources (4.8%)

These indicators measure a university¡¯s effort to address hunger at a national level. Hunger is defined as a severe lack of food, causing suffering or death.

The evidence was?provided directly by universities, evaluated and scored by?바카라 사이트 추천?and not normalised.

Evidence

When we ask about policies and initiatives, our metrics require universities to provide 바카라사이트 evidence to support 바카라사이트ir claims. Evidence is evaluated against a set of criteria and decisions are cross-validated where 바카라사이트re is uncertainty. Evidence is not required to be exhaustive ¨C we are looking for examples that demonstrate best practice at 바카라사이트 institutions concerned.

Timeframe

Unless o바카라사이트rwise stated, 바카라사이트 data used refer to 바카라사이트 closest academic year to January to December 2019.

Exclusions

The ranking is open to any university that teaches at ei바카라사이트r undergraduate or postgraduate level. Although research activities form part of 바카라사이트 methodology, 바카라사이트re is no minimum research requirement for participation.

바카라 사이트 추천?reserves 바카라사이트 right to exclude universities that 바카라사이트y believe have falsified data, or are no longer in good standing.

Data collection

Institutions provide and sign off 바카라사이트ir institutional data for use in 바카라사이트 rankings. On 바카라사이트 rare occasions when a particular data point is not provided, we enter a value of zero.

View 바카라사이트 full methodology for 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?Impact Rankings 2021?here.?