Transforming Food Systems: healthy diets from a healthy planet

23 May 2023. InfoPoint Hybrid Conference: "Transforming Food Systems: healthy diets from a healthy planet"

The recording will be available here.

A recent study by IFPRI and IISD, “Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis”, based on the Ceres2030 report, shows how and at what cost countries can nevertheless achieve this goal. This session will bring together researchers and policy makers to discuss the importance of promoting healthy diets in an environmentally sustainable way. The session will also highlight how investments can support partner countries to develop climate-resilient value chains that boost food security and nutrition.

The Commission, BMZ, Malawi and Shamba Centre for Food and Climate explained what it means to put nutrition and climate change at the heart of the global food systems transformation.

• Willem Olthof, Deputy Head of Unit, INTPA F3- Sustainable Agri-Food Systems and Fisheries
• Martin Hoppe, Head of Division Food and Nutrition Security, Global Food Policy, Fisheries, BMZ
• Carin Smaller, Co-founder & Executive Director, Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
• Francine Picard, Co-founder and Director of Partnerships, Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
• Felix Phiri, Director of Nutrition Programmes, Ministry of Health, Malawi

Resource:

IFPRI and IISD (2023) Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis # 39 p.

• This report shows that while it is possible to achieve sustainable food system transformation in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria, in the next decade, it would require an average additional public investment of USD 10 billion per year from 2023 to 2030 and targeting spending on a more effective portfolio of interventions that achieve multiple sustainable development outcomes. Of the total USD 10 billion, the donor share averages USD 5.8 billion per year, and the country share averages USD 4.2 billion per year.
• The findings in this report are based on analysis of academic and grey literature, as well as donor-funded projects, micro- and macroeconomic modelling, and engagement and consultations with key stakeholders in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria. The report summarizes the findings of a project that explores the interactions between reducing hunger and poverty, achieving healthy diets, and addressing climate change within the evolving food systems in three countries—Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria.