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Viewpoint: Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals

Jessica Fanzo, Lawrence Haddad, Kate Schneider, Christophe Béné, Namukolo Covic, Alejandro Guarín, Anna Herforth, Mario Herrero, U. Rashid Sumaila, Nancy Aburto, Mary Amuyunzu–Nyamongo, Sı́món Barquera, Jane Battersby, Ty Beal, Paulina Bizzotto Molina, Emery Brusset, Carlo Cafiero, Christine Campeau, Patrick Caron, Andrea Cattaneo, Piero Conforti, Claire Davis, Fabrice DeClerck, Ismahane Elouafi, Carola Fabi, Jessica A. Gephart, Christopher D. Golden, Sheryl L. Hendriks, Jikun Huang, Amos Laar, Rattan Lal, Preetmoninder Lidder, Brent Loken, Quinn Marshall, Yuta J. Masuda, Rebecca McLaren, Lynnette M. Neufeld, Stella Nordhagen, Roseline Remans, Danielle Resnick, Marissa Silverberg, Máximo Torero Cullen, Francesco N. Tubiello, Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol, Shijin Wei, José Rosero Moncayo

Food Policy · 2021

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Summary

Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and restoring natural resources. Food system activities have contributed to great gains for humanity but have also led to significant challenges, including hunger, poor diet quality, inequity, and threats to nature. While it is recognized that food systems are central to multiple global commitments and goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals, current trajectories are not aligned to meet these objectives. As mounting crises further stress food systems, the consequences of inaction are clear. The goal of food system transformation is to generate a future where all people have access to healthy diets, whi

Subject
Food security & global nutrition
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Food supply chain
DOI
10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102163
Catalogue ID
SNmojxdd8h-2aowen
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