Food systems encompass everything from food production (and the ecological systems that underlie it) to the processing, packaging, distribution, retail, and consumption of foods, with many critical outcomes vital to sustainable development.
Erate robust food systems knowledge around a nexus of science, policy and practice must now be seized.
This paper traces out the contours of a new analytical framework for sustainable food systems (section 1).
Food systems are interconnected across various sectors and are linked to all the sustainable development goals (sdgs).
Consequently, they are crucial for achieving these goals, requiring multidimensional solutions to address them effectively.
This document builds on the food system framework a focus on food sustainability report published in 2017.
The course aims to spread food system thinking and encourage participants to approach the food system holistically and critically and with multiple perspectives in mind, while taking responsibility for their own actions as a member of the system.
What is a sustainable food system?
The un defines a sustainable food system as a food system that delivers food security and nutrition for all.
The system encompasses everything from the processing, packaging and transporting of food to consumers, with three overarching factors considered:
Economic sustainability, social sustainability and