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A Whole Earth Approach to Nature Positive Food: Biodiversity and Agriculture
(2021-07)
Agriculture is the largest single source of environmental degradation, responsible for over 30% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, 70% of freshwater use and 80% of land conversion: it is the single largest driver ...
Trade and Sustainable Food Systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit June 8, 2021
(2021-06-08)
Trade is an integral part of our food systems. It connects people at all stages of agricultural and food value chains, linking farmers with consumers across the world. It also links nations to each other and thus scales ...
The Future of Small Farms: Innovations for Inclusive Transformation: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
(2021-04)
By 2050, the United Nations projects that 68 percent of the world population will live in cities (UN DESA 2019). However, with continuous population growth, the number of people living in rural areas of many low- and ...
There is No Single Challenge, Nor Single Solution, for Food Systems Transformations: Making plurality visible: A Food System Summit Brief prepared by Science Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit
(2021-08)
There is a growing call (and agreement) to transform food systems towards sustainable, just and healthy systems, understanding that transformation is about fundamental, system- wide changes, beyond piecemeal interventions ...
Food Systems: Definition, Concept and Application for the UN Food Systems Summit
(2021-03-05)
The UN Food System Summit seeks to alter food systems to be healthier, safer, more sustainable, more efficient, and more equitable. This paper aims to inform the public and stakeholders interested in the Food Systems Summit ...
The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 15, 2021
(2021-04-15)
Blue foods – fish, invertebrates, algae and aquatic plants captured or cultured in freshwater and marine ecosystems – play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people and are a cornerstone of the ...
Advance Equitable Livelihoods: A paper on Action Track 4
(2021-03)
Food systems transformation provides the opportunity to shift current trends in all forms of malnutrition, prioritizing nutritious food availability and affordability for all – from shifting priorities in agricultural ...
Ensuring Access to Safe and Nutritious Food for All Through Transformation of Food Systems: A paper on Action Track 1
(2021-03-19)
Action Track 1 of the Food Systems Summit offers an opportunity to bring together the crucial elements of food safety, nutrition, poverty and inequalities in the framework of food systems in the context of climate and ...
Healthy Diet: A definition for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021
(2021-03-01)
The aim of this document is to propose a definition of healthy diets and related evidence, thus permitting the alignment of terminology for the Food Systems Summit. Diets are combinations of food consumed by individuals ...
Livestock and sustainable food systems: status, trends, and priority actions: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit July 2021
(2021-07-06)
Livestock are a critically important component of the food system, however, the sector needs a profound transformation to ensure that it contributes to a rapid transition towards sustainable food systems. This paper reviews ...