IFPRI is proud to announce a new research guide on Food Systems research. This guide will walk you through different resources available to IFPRI staff, as well as the corresponding Sustainable Development Goals to keep in mind when researching Food Systems. We welcome you to use this to answer research questions and share with colleagues in other organizations.
Food systems are the sum of actors and interactions along the food value chain—from input supply and production of crops, livestock, fish, and other agricultural commodities to transportation, processing, retailing, wholesaling, and preparation of foods to consumption and disposal. Food systems also include the enabling policy environments and cultural norms around food. Ideal food systems would be nutrition-, health-, and safety-driven, productive and efficient (and thus able to deliver affordable food), environmentally sustainable and climate-smart, and inclusive. To realize this vision, continued investments must be made in agricultural research and development and technological innovations, paving the way for programs and policies that are based on sound evidence.
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