The importance of a food systems approach to low and middle income countries and emerging economies: A review of theories and its relevance for disease control and malnutrition

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationRoyal Veterinary College, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorMedical Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorEconomic and Social Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorNatural Environment Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of the United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorDefence Science and Technology Laboratory, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorUK Research and Innovationen
cg.contributor.donorN8 Agrifood Programmeen
cg.creator.identifierPaula Dominguez-Salas: 0000-0001-8753-4221en
cg.creator.identifierEric M. Fèvre: 0000-0001-8931-4986en
cg.creator.identifierJonathan Rushton: 0000-0001-5450-4202en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.642635en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2571-581Xen
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume5en
dc.contributor.authorAlarcón, P.en
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez-Salas, Paulaen
dc.contributor.authorFèvre, Eric M.en
dc.contributor.authorRushton, Jonathanen
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-15T06:46:40Zen
dc.date.available2021-04-15T06:46:40Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113360
dc.titleThe importance of a food systems approach to low and middle income countries and emerging economies: A review of theories and its relevance for disease control and malnutritionen
dcterms.abstractOur review explores the changing food production, distribution and consumption environment in low and middle-income countries and emerging economies as a basis for framing how to study food systems in order to address public health issues of food safety and nutrition. It presents the state of knowledge on existing food systems science and its use in terms of sustainable actions for food safety and public health. The review identifies a knowledge gap in food system mapping and governance, with value chain mapping of key commodities often missing. Despite a number of initiatives, the application of food systems methods is highly variable in scope and quality. Most analyses concentrate on specific commodities, rarely taking into account the need for a whole diet approach when looking at nutrition or the assessment of a range of infectious agents and their interactions when looking at food safety. Of the studies included in the review there is a growing observation of “informal” food systems, a term used inconsistently and one that requires revision. “Informal” food systems link to the formal sector to provide food security, yet with trade-offs between economic efficiencies and food safety. Efforts to improve food safety are hampered by inadequate food safety capacities and a lack of policy coherence leading to: inadequate investment; fragmented food quality control systems; weak or non-existent traceability mechanisms; weak foodborne disease surveillance; obsolete food regulation; and weak regulatory enforcement. In-depth food systems assessments can complement risk analysis to identify risky behaviors and understand institutional settings in order to improve codes of practice and enforcement. Methods for looking at food safety from a food systems perspective are emerging, yet existing nutrition and food systems science are not advancing sufficiently in response to nutritional public health problems. There is an urgency for improved understanding of the structure and drivers of the food systems, for better planning of changes that leads to nutrients access and healthy levels of eating. It is proposed that countries and international institutions provide an atlas of food system maps for the key commodities based on an agreed common methodology and developed by multidisciplinary teams.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.available2021-04-14en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlarcon, P., Dominguez-Salas, P., Fèvre, E.M. and Rushton J. 2021. The importance of a food systems approach to low and middle income countries and emerging economies: A review of theories and its relevance for disease control and malnutrition. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5: 642635.en
dcterms.extent642635en
dcterms.issued2021-04-14en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen
dcterms.subjecthorticultureen
dcterms.subjectecologyen
dcterms.subjectfood scienceen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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