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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Foresight and Policy Modeling

Keith Wiebe

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Keith Wiebe is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit and Lead of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Foresight. In addition to foresight, his areas of particular interest include climate change, natural resource management, agricultural productivity, and food security. Prior to joining IFPRI in 2013, he was Deputy Director of the Agricultural Development Economics Division of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, where he managed a program of economic research and policy analysis for food security and sustainable development, and helped coordinate preparation of FAO’s annual flagship reports on the State of Food and Agriculture and the State of Food Insecurity in the World. Previously, he was Deputy Director of the Resource and Rural Economics Division of the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service in Washington, DC. He received his BA in Economics from Carleton College, and his MA and PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030

2023
Schneider, Kate R.; Fanzo, Jessica; Haddad, Lawrence; Herrero, Mario; Moncayo, Jose Rosero; Herforth, Anna; Remans, Roseline; Guarin, Alejandro; Resnick, Danielle; Covic, Namukolo M.
…more Béné, Christophe; Cattaneo, Andrea; Aburto, Nancy; Ambikapathi, Ramya; Aytekin, Destan; Barquera, Simon; Battersby, Jane; Beal, Ty; Molina, Paulina Bizzoto; Cafiero, Carlo; Campeau, Christine; Caron, Patrick; Conforti, Piero; Damerau, Kerstin; Girolamo, Michael di; DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.; Dewi, Deviana; Elouafi, Ismahane; Fabi, Carola; Foley, Pat; Frazier, Tyler J.; Gephart, Jessica A.; Golden, Christopher D.; Fischer, Carlos Gonzalez; Hendriks, Sheryl; Honorati, Maddalena; Jikun Huang; Kennedy, Gina; Laar, Amos; Lal, Rattan; Lidder, Preetmoninder; Loken, Brent; Marshall, Quinn; Masuda, Yuta J.; McLaren, Rebecca; Miachon, Lais; Muñoz, Hernán; Nordhagen, Stella; Qayyum, Naina; Saisana, Michaela; Suhardiman, Diana; Sumaila, U. Rashid; Cullen, Maximo Torero; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Vivero-Pol, Jose-Luis; Webb, Patrick; Wiebe, Keith
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The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030

This Analysis presents a recently developed food system indicator framework and holistic monitoring architecture to track food system transformation towards global development, health and sustainability goals. Five themes are considered: (1) diets, nutrition and health; (2) environment, natural resources and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience. Each theme is divided into three to five indicator domains, and indicators were selected to reflect each domain through a consultative process. In total, 50 indicators were selected, with at least one indicator available for every domain. Harmonized data of these 50 indicators provide a baseline assessment of the world’s food systems. We show that every country can claim positive outcomes in some parts of food systems, but none are among the highest ranked across all domains. Furthermore, some indicators are independent of national income, and each highlights a specific aspiration for healthy, sustainable and just food systems. The Food Systems Countdown Initiative will track food systems annually to 2030, amending the framework as new indicators or better data emerge.

Year published

2023

Authors

Schneider, Kate R.; Fanzo, Jessica; Haddad, Lawrence; Herrero, Mario; Moncayo, Jose Rosero; Herforth, Anna; Remans, Roseline; Guarin, Alejandro; Resnick, Danielle; Covic, Namukolo M.; Béné, Christophe; Cattaneo, Andrea; Aburto, Nancy; Ambikapathi, Ramya; Aytekin, Destan; Barquera, Simon; Battersby, Jane; Beal, Ty; Molina, Paulina Bizzoto; Cafiero, Carlo; Campeau, Christine; Caron, Patrick; Conforti, Piero; Damerau, Kerstin; Girolamo, Michael di; DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.; Dewi, Deviana; Elouafi, Ismahane; Fabi, Carola; Foley, Pat; Frazier, Tyler J.; Gephart, Jessica A.; Golden, Christopher D.; Fischer, Carlos Gonzalez; Hendriks, Sheryl; Honorati, Maddalena; Jikun Huang; Kennedy, Gina; Laar, Amos; Lal, Rattan; Lidder, Preetmoninder; Loken, Brent; Marshall, Quinn; Masuda, Yuta J.; McLaren, Rebecca; Miachon, Lais; Muñoz, Hernán; Nordhagen, Stella; Qayyum, Naina; Saisana, Michaela; Suhardiman, Diana; Sumaila, U. Rashid; Cullen, Maximo Torero; Tubiello, Francesco N.; Vivero-Pol, Jose-Luis; Webb, Patrick; Wiebe, Keith

Citation

Kate R. Schneider; Fanzo, Jessica; Resnick, Danielle; Covic, Namukolo; Marshall, Quinn; Wiebe, Keith; et. al. 2023. The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food 4: 1090–1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00885-9

Keywords

Diet; Food Systems; Health; Nutrition; Poverty; Sustainability; Sustainable Development Goals

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00885-9 Source record

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Foresight

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Journal Article

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Foresight partnership forum: Forum report

2023CGIAR Initiative on Foresight; Wiebe, Keith D.; Gotor, Elisabetta
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Foresight partnership forum: Forum report

Background | The challenges facing food, land, and water systems are numerous and complex. In addressing these interlinked challenges, the choices facing governments and their development partners have also become increasingly complicated. Synergies are possible, but trade-offs are often unavoidable. Decision-makers need better evidence to help them choose actions that minimize trade-offs and advance progress towards collective goals. The CGIAR Foresight Initiative aims to inform these choices and enhance decision-making about the future by combining advanced analytics and close engagement with national, regional, and global partners. The Initiative forms part of CGIAR’s new research portfolio, delivering science and innovation to transform food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis. Objectives | The Foresight Partnership Forum brought together key partners from across Sub-Saharan Africa to explore challenges facing food, land, and water systems at national, regional, and global scales; identify opportunities to share and strengthen capacity for foresight; and examine ways to use foresight tools and analysis to inform policy making. The Forum on 24-25 January was followed by a training session on country development and policy modeling for partners on 26-27 January.

Year published

2023

Authors

CGIAR Initiative on Foresight; Wiebe, Keith D.; Gotor, Elisabetta

Citation

CGIAR Initiative on Foresight. 2023. Foresight partnership forum: Forum report. Conference Proceedings April 24- 27, 2023 held in Nairobi, Kenya. Montpellier, France: CGIAR. https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136689

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Kenya

Keywords

Eastern Africa; Sub-saharan Africa; Africa; Policy Innovation; Capacity Development; Decision Making; Agrifood Sector; Climate Change

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English

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Open Access

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Source record

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Foresight

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Report

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Working Paper

The state of food systems worldwide: Counting down to 2030

2023Schneider, Kate; Haddad, Lawrence; Resnick, Danielle; Wiebe, Keith D.; Covic, Namukolo
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The state of food systems worldwide: Counting down to 2030

Transforming food systems is essential to bring about a healthier, equitable, sustainable, and resilient future, including achieving global development and sustainability goals. 1–3 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.1 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.

Year published

2023

Authors

Schneider, Kate; Haddad, Lawrence; Resnick, Danielle; Wiebe, Keith D.; Covic, Namukolo

Citation

Schneider, Kate; Haddad, Lawrence; Resnick, Danielle; Wiebe, Keith D.; Covic, Namukolo; et al. 2023. The state of food systems worldwide: Counting down to 2030. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.13669

Keywords

Natural Resources; Sustainability; Nutrition; Agrifood Systems; Livelihoods; Poverty; Governance

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open Access

Links

https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2303.13669 Source record

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Working Paper

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How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?
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September 26, 2019

How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?

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Securing billions of dollars in funding and keeping momentum behind essential crop diversity efforts – it's complicated. A discussion.

Can boosting yields slow the global palm oil expansion and ease its environmental impacts?
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Can boosting yields slow the global palm oil expansion and ease its environmental impacts?

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Ambitious steps to control climate change may pose food security risks in the near term
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Ambitious steps to control climate change may pose food security risks in the near term

By Keith Wiebe and Timothy Sulser

Essential climate mitigation efforts, such as carbon taxes, may create problems for the food system that should be addressed, a study shows.

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December 18, 2019, 10:00 – 11:00 am

Launching the Global Foresight for Food and Agriculture Tool

Join the Food Security Portal (FSP), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) in the launch of the global foresight tool Impacts of Alternative Investment Scenarios. The tool was recently developed by IFPRI’s IMPACT model team and the FSP. The Global Foresight tool provides researchers and […]

The 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2019
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October 8 to 10, 2019

The 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2019

IFPRI is participating in the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), which will be held from October 8-10, 2019. Since the term climate-smart agriculture (CSA) was coined in 2010, the biannual global science conferences on CSA have emerged as the key global forum for scientific exchange to underpin CSA implementation.  The conference will […]

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December 12, 2023 | Press Release

Re-imagining Africa’s food security within the context of climate change and ecological sustainability

This press-release was initially published by WWF on December 12, 2023.  WWF, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, IFPRI, CGIAR, and AfDB have released a new report to help African countries to achieve food security and implement climate and nature commitments. The report is based on a joint study, executed with the technical support […]

November 26, 2023 | In the News

Scientists are racing to protect grass from climate change. Your cheap burger is at stake (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal (Australia) quotes Keith Wiebe, IFPRI senior research fellow, in an article analyzing how heat waves and drought are threatening pasture on farms worldwide.  “If pasture becomes less productive, prices would be expected to rise, not just for meat, wool and dairy products but also for cereals and other food commodities that would […]

December 14, 2022 | Press Release

Pollination loss removes healthy foods from global diets, increases chronic diseases causing excess deaths 

Boston, MA, USA: Inadequate pollination has led to a 3-5% loss of fruit, vegetable, and nut production and an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually from lost healthy food consumption and associated diseases, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and certain cancers, according to research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, published on December […]