Food systems and the sustainability agenda

Sheryl L. Hendriks

Chapter 4 in Handbook on Public Policy and Food Security, 2024, pp 31-40 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Food systems embrace the entire range of actors and the interlinked value-adding activities involved in the production, aggregation, processing, distribution, consumption, and disposal of food products that originate from agriculture (including livestock), forestry, fisheries, and food industries, and the broader economic, societal, and natural environments in which they are embedded (von Braun et al., 2021, building on definitions by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) (2018) and others). Food systems are diverse and exist at global, regional, national and local levels. Food systems offer the opportunity to consider comprehensive ways to address the root causes of food security, hunger and malnutrition. They go beyond previous development and sustainability efforts, placing food at the centre of development. Food system transformation is crucial for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SGD2. Food is a fundamental daily need. Our food’s quantity, quality and safety lie at the heart of our health and well-being. There are no cures for hunger, metabolic syndromes, and degenerative diseases that do not depend on access to safe and nutritious food for everyone. Solving complex food system and food security challenges requires careful integration of comprehensive packages of complementary programmes across government sectors.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.elgaronline.com/doi/10.4337/9781839105449.00009 (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:19680_4

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.e-elgar.com

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Darrel McCalla ().