The State of Food Systems Worldwide: Counting Down to 2030

Kate Schneider, Jessica Fanzo, Lawrence Haddad, Mario Herrero, Jose Rosero, Anna Herforth, Roseline Reman, Alejandro Guarin, Danielle Resnick, Namukolo Covic, Christophe B\'en\'e, Andrea Cattaneo, Nancy Aburto, Ramya Ambikapathi, Destan Aytekin, Simon Barquera, Jane Battersby-Lennard, Ty Beal, Paulina Bizzoto Molina, Carlo Cafiero, Christine Campeau, Patrick Caron, Piero Conforti, Kerstin Damerau, Michael DiGirolamo, Fabrice DeClerck, Deviana Dewi, Ismahane Elouafi, Carola Fabi, Pat Foley, Ty Frazier, Jessica Gephart, Christopher Golden, Carlos Gonzalez Fischer, Sheryl Hendriks, Maddalena Honorati, Jikun Huang, Gina Kennedy, Amos Laar, Rattan Lal, Preetmoninder Lidder, Brent Loken, Quinn Marshall, Yuta Masuda, Rebecca McLaren, Lais Miachon, Hern\'an Mu\~noz, Stella Nordhagen, Naina Qayyum, Michaela Saisana, Diana Suhardiman, Rashid Sumaila, Maximo Torrero Cullen, Francesco Tubiello, Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol, Patrick Webb and Keith Wiebe
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Kate Schneider: Johns Hopkins University
Jessica Fanzo: Johns Hopkins University
Lawrence Haddad: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Mario Herrero: Cornell University
Anna Herforth: Harvard University
Roseline Reman: Alliance of CIAT-Bioversity
Alejandro Guarin: International Institute for Environment & Development
Danielle Resnick: Brookings Institution
Namukolo Covic: International Livestock Research Institute
Christophe B\'en\'e: Alliance of CIAT-Bioversity
Nancy Aburto: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ramya Ambikapathi: Cornell University
Destan Aytekin: Johns Hopkins University
Simon Barquera: Instituto Nacional de Salud P\'ublica
Jane Battersby-Lennard: University of Cape Town
Paulina Bizzoto Molina: European Centre for Development Policy Management
Christine Campeau: CARE
Patrick Caron: University of Montpellier, Cirad, ART-DEV
Piero Conforti: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Kerstin Damerau: Cornell University
Michael DiGirolamo: Johns Hopkins University
Fabrice DeClerck: EAT Forum
Deviana Dewi: Johns Hopkins University
Ismahane Elouafi: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Carola Fabi: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Pat Foley: United Nations World Food Programme
Ty Frazier: Oakridge National Laboratory
Jessica Gephart: American University
Christopher Golden: Harvard University
Carlos Gonzalez Fischer: Cornell University
Sheryl Hendriks: University of Greenwich
Maddalena Honorati: World Bank
Gina Kennedy: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Amos Laar: University of Ghana
Rattan Lal: Ohio State University
Preetmoninder Lidder: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Brent Loken: World Wildlife Fund
Quinn Marshall: International Food Policy Research Institute
Yuta Masuda: Vulcan
Rebecca McLaren: Johns Hopkins University
Lais Miachon: Johns Hopkins University
Hern\'an Mu\~noz: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Stella Nordhagen: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Naina Qayyum: Tufts University
Michaela Saisana: Joint Research Centre
Diana Suhardiman: KIT Royal Tropical Institute
Rashid Sumaila: University of British Columbia
Maximo Torrero Cullen: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Francesco Tubiello: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol: United Nations World Food Programme
Patrick Webb: Tufts University
Keith Wiebe: International Food Policy Research Institute

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Abstract: Transforming food systems is essential to bring about a healthier, equitable, sustainable, and resilient future, including achieving global development and sustainability goals. To date, no comprehensive framework exists to track food systems transformation and their contributions to global goals. In 2021, the Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative (FSCI) articulated an architecture to monitor food systems across five themes: 1 diets, nutrition, and health; 2 environment, natural resources, and production; 3 livelihoods, poverty, and equity; 4 governance; and 5 resilience and sustainability. Each theme comprises three-to-five indicator domains. This paper builds on that architecture, presenting the inclusive, consultative process used to select indicators and an application of the indicator framework using the latest available data, constructing the first global food systems baseline to track transformation. While data are available to cover most themes and domains, critical indicator gaps exist such as off-farm livelihoods, food loss and waste, and governance. Baseline results demonstrate every region or country can claim positive outcomes in some parts of food systems, but none are optimal across all domains, and some indicators are independent of national income. These results underscore the need for dedicated monitoring and transformation agendas specific to food systems. Tracking these indicators to 2030 and beyond will allow for data-driven food systems governance at all scales and increase accountability for urgently needed progress toward achieving global goals.

Date: 2023-03, Revised 2023-03
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