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Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity : Foresight 2.0

Patrick Webb, Tim G. Benton, Julio A. Berdegué, Jessica Fanzo, Lawrence Haddad, Samuel S. Myers, Matin Qaim, Danielle Resnick, Marco Springmann, Florian Freund

2020

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Summary

This 2020 foresight report, authored by leading food systems researchers, appears to present an integrated assessment of future food system trajectories with emphasis on balancing human nutrition, planetary health, and economic prosperity. Drawing on the expertise of its authors—spanning nutrition, environmental science, agricultural economics, and food policy—the work likely synthesises evidence on systemic transformation needed in global food systems. The report's scope and authorship suggest a comprehensive, scenario-based or evidence-synthesis approach to food systems futures.

UK applicability

As a global foresight document, findings are likely relevant to UK policy discourse on sustainable food systems, but applicability depends on whether place-specific recommendations for high-income temperate agricultural systems are included. UK food policy and farming subsidy reform may benefit from the systems perspective presented.

Key measures

Not specified in available metadata; likely includes food security indicators, environmental sustainability metrics, nutritional outcomes, and economic indicators across multiple scenarios or pathways.

Outcomes reported

As suggested by the title, this foresight report likely synthesises evidence on how food systems must evolve to simultaneously address food security, environmental sustainability, and economic development. The work appears to present integrated scenarios or recommendations for future food system design.

Theme
Policy, governance & rights
Subject
Food security & global nutrition
Study type
Policy
Study design
Policy report
Source type
Policy report
Status
Published
Geography
Global
System type
Food supply chain
Catalogue ID
BFmom3864r-qwtgyh

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