Abstract
The Coronavirus pandemic has revealed the fragility of our food systems, affecting all dimensions of food security and nutrition across the world. It has highlighted how deeply our world is interconnected and the importance of better recognising and understanding the interconnections that are intrinsic to these systems and their key role in pursuit of the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda. There is now, more than ever, a stronger need for a “route change” towards a common action on food systems transformation. Dialogues among all stakeholders to redesign the future of tomorrow’s food systems are needed to trigger collective, multi-stakeholder actions on the ground, at local, regional and global level, towards more sustainable food systems, linking sustainable food production to more healthy and sustainable food consumption. In this context CIHEAM, FAO, and the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat (UfMS) initiated in 2019, a joint collaborative effort for the establishment of a multi-stakeholder platform on Sustainable Food Systems in the Mediterranean to accelerate the shift towards the Agenda 2030 in the Mediterranean region, with the Mediterranean diet acting as a driver.
Highlights
The need for a radical change in food systems transformationChanging course is critical – “business as usual” is no longer an option. If food and agricultural systems remain on their current path, the evidence points to a future characterized by persistent food insecurity and unsustainable economic growth (FAO, 2018a)
The Coronavirus pandemic has revealed the fragility of our food systems, affecting all dimensions of food security and nutrition across the world
A key challenge is to identify interlinkages between the SDGs using a metric of measurements through the SDGs indicators, that accounts for different development processes drivers and trade-offs and how they can have a positive impact on every stage of food systems
Summary
Changing course is critical – “business as usual” is no longer an option. If food and agricultural systems remain on their current path, the evidence points to a future characterized by persistent food insecurity and unsustainable economic growth (FAO, 2018a). 3/2020 Figure 1 - COVID-19 and impacts on SDGs. the recent years, supporting this transformational change, as part of the collective efforts for achieving the ambitious goals of the 2030 Agenda. The Joint Statement looks towards the Food Systems Summit, which “provides a timely opportunity for all food systems actors to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of our food systems to help galvanize the post-emergency recovery through a set of initiatives focused on innovation, financing, technology, partnerships and new levels of regional and global collaboration and information sharing.”. A change of route towards an integrated systemic approach to food system transformation is needed, to avoid narrow technical fixes of certain constraints throughout the food system while recognizing trade-offs which countries are facing in coping with different challeng-. FAO SDG-compliant tools will concretely support food systems transformation to pursue the SDGs achievement
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