The One Planet Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme as a multistakeholder platform for a systemic approach.

Abstract

Food production and consumption has a failing performance in terms of food security, nutrition and health, but also equality, environmental protection and climate change mitigation, posing a serious sustainability challenge as the planet's population grows while consuming beyond planetary boundaries, compromising future generations' well-being. Responses to the wicked problem posed by securing humanity's food are more likely to succeed if built on two pillars, as championed by the One Planet Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme. The first pillar refers to the need to adopt a food-systems approach, which enables identifying and addressing more holistic solutions. The second pillar proposes that multi-stakeholder, inclusive approaches are more likely to succeed, especially if they fulfil conditions for collective action, if they overcome polarization by embracing the inherent conflict in a locked-in system, and if they adopt a mindset that focuses on innovation. The SFS Programme has been built on both pillars, adopting five focus themes and organizing its work across four areas. Through its governance structure, the programme has launched a series of core initiatives that are participated in by coalitions of organizations from diverse sectors, and they were developed building on pre-existing projects, expertise and resources in order to leverage synergies and avoid effort duplication. They address key problems related to SFS and link several elements from production to consumption. The core initiatives are inclusive, enabling faster learning through constant communication and overall coordination, becoming mutually reinforcing activities to accelerate the shift to SFS, in support of the implementation of the Agenda 2030.

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