About the Evidence Center

Interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based solutions

The Texas A&M Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Evidence Center contributes to evidence-based solutions for malnutrition, diet-related chronic diseases and economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, while providing the scientific community with innovative tools and methods for appraising and synthesizing existing research.

Mission

The mission of the Texas A&M Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Evidence Center is to produce transparent and reproducible evidence reviews and syntheses assessing the effectiveness of agri-food policies, practice and guidance related to agricultural, environmental, human and economic health. The Evidence Center advances methods, knowledge and practice, as well as promotes the harmonization of methods, metrics and standards of evidence, to ensure policymakers have the key information needed to inform evidence-based policies.

Vision

The Evidence Center’s vision is to be recognized globally as an unbiased and authoritative source of evidence review and synthesis evaluating the cross-cutting issues impacting the agri-food system, in service of improving human, agricultural, environmental and economic health.

Principles

Our work is focused on public benefit.
Our reviews are rigorous, transparent and replicable.
Our work is driven by the evidence with safeguards in place to limit bias.
Our research teams and projects reflect a diversity of experiences, perspectives and career stages.
Our work drives advancements in scientific methods and knowledge while building consensus on standards of evidence.

Comprehensive reviews and a transparent process

The Evidence Center works with scientific experts from around the world to provide comprehensive evidence-based reviews to inform policymakers and other decision-makers. The work we do serves consumers and producers by supporting the development of evidence-based policies and practices. These reviews use a transparent process to promote public trust and ensure that other researchers can replicate our findings.

Research teams that conduct Evidence Center reviews include objective experts in-house, across The Texas A&M University System and other institutions. Researchers come from all career stages so to share gains in scientific understanding with rising generations — strengthening scientific research methods, fostering global consensus on standards of evidence, and promoting confidence in science-informed policies and solutions.

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