Food Systems
The connected activities and relationships that bring food from production to people.
A food system includes the people, activities, and institutions involved in producing, processing, distributing, preparing, and consuming food, as well as handling loss and waste. Food security involves availability, access, utilization, and stability over time. Food systems connect nutrition and livelihoods with land, water, energy, climate, biodiversity, culture, and trade.
An improvement begins with a defined place, population, and outcome. Possible approaches include reducing avoidable food loss, supporting diverse and resilient production, protecting biodiversity, improving safe storage and access, and strengthening fair livelihoods. Measure results over time, check for effects shifted elsewhere in the supply chain, and include farmers, workers, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and consumers in decisions that affect them.
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