Global panel on agriculture and food systems for nutrition: food systems and diets: facing the challenges of the 21st century

Scott, Peter R.

doi:10.1007/s12571-017-0678-y

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“…For example, a new emerging issue is that of sustainable and healthy diets, capable to contribute to the reduction in the overall impact of food systems and guarantee food security and nutrition [61][62][63][64]. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [65], in fact, affirms that policies that operate across the food system, including those that reduce food loss and waste and influence dietary choices, enable more sustainable land-use management, enhanced food security and low emissions trajectories.…”

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Proposal of a Bioregional Strategic Framework for a Sustainable Food System in Sicily

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The alignment of food systems with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is generally envisaged to make a positive impact on sustainability. This paper outlines some critical environmental and socio-economic indicators for Sicily in order to compare and explore the outcomes of two juxtaposing key drivers in a scenario planning exercise, where the extremities are Industrial versus Regenerative Agriculture/Agroecology and a Proactive versus Reactive government response. The most rational and less risky scenario becomes the most sensible sustainable development option, around which a 2030 vision is projected for a bioregional sustainable food system for Sicily, which is aligned with the SDGs and related policies. To accomplish the 2030 vision, a holistic education-led developmental approach is outlined with a supporting bioregional strategic framework, whose key milestone deliverables are projected through a backcasting process. This paper therefore highlights the importance of consistency and alignment of a development vision with its strategic framework and ensuing implementation, failing which, the holistic bioregional approach is compromised by activities that are shown to negatively impact environmental and socio-economic indicators. For this reason, all public and private sector development plans and associated resources ought to be aligned with a bioregional strategic plan for a sustainable food system for Sicily.

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Proposal of a Bioregional Strategic Framework for a Sustainable Food System in Sicily

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“…Food systems analysis has undergone important changes over the last few decades. Three different strands and related narratives can be distinguished: (a) descriptive analysis of the structure of food systems with emphasis on the identification of key components [11][12][13]; (b) explorative analysis of different policy options and opportunities for improving food systems performance [14][15][16][17], and (c) interactive analysis of food system transitions and adaptive innovation strategies for creating synergies and coherence between key agents [18][19][20]. While there is still limited communication between these narratives-also related to the different academic disciplines underlying each of them (i.e., agro-ecology, economics, nutrition and sociology)-it is urgently needed to reinforce our understanding of feasible and effective strategies for supporting transitions towards healthier and sustainable diets [21,22].…”

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The Challenge of Food Systems Research: What Difference Does It Make?

2018

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Recent discussions on the results of food security programs devote key attention to complex interactions between policy interventions and business innovation for improving nutrition outcomes. This shift from linear approaches of food and nutrition security towards a more interlinked and nested analysis of food systems dynamics has profound implications for the design and organization of research and innovation processes. In this article we outline our experience with interdisciplinary and interactive processes of food systems analysis at different scale levels, paying systematic attention to three critical system interfaces: intersections with other systems, interactions within the food system, and incentives for food system innovations (the so-called: 3I approach). We discuss the importance of these interfaces for leveraging food system adaptation and managing food system transformation. We also provide illustrative examples of the relevance of food systems analysis for the identification of appropriate and effective programs for reinforcing the resilience, responsiveness and inclusiveness of novel food and nutrition programs.

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“…The UNICEF conceptual framework linking nutritional status to immediate drivers (i.e. diets and diseases) and the framework of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition (GLOPAN) that links diet quality to food systems are used to frame this review of the evidence (Scott 2017;UNICEF 1990).…”

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Accelerating progress in improving diets and nutrition in Ethiopia

Baye¹,

Hirvonen²

2020

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Ethiopia has witnessed significant reductions in child mortality, undernutrition, and communicable diseases, but more substantial and faster progress is still needed. The rise in obesity and in noncommunicable diseases, particularly in urban areas, is alarming and requires urgent policy and programmatic attention. Unhealthy diets drive both undernutrition and obesity and are the underlying cause of significant proportion of both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Maintaining the relatively high breastfeeding practices and increasing the diversity of diets will be critical to improving nutrition in Ethiopia. Implementation of effective nutrition messaging that shapes consumer behavior to adopt healthy dietary patterns, while bridging gaps in both the reach and the quality of such messaging is warranted. The health extension program, which is the cornerstone of the transformation of the health sector, may need to be redesigned in a way that improves its reach and the quality of the services it provides and minimizes the risk of burnout of frontline health workers. Interventions focusing on making healthy diets available, affordable, and accessible are urgently needed.

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Global panel on agriculture and food systems for nutrition: food systems and diets: facing the challenges of the 21st century

Cited by 50 publications

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Proposal of a Bioregional Strategic Framework for a Sustainable Food System in Sicily

Proposal of a Bioregional Strategic Framework for a Sustainable Food System in Sicily

The Challenge of Food Systems Research: What Difference Does It Make?

Accelerating progress in improving diets and nutrition in Ethiopia

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