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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRoyal Veterinary College, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken_US
cg.contributor.donorMedical Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorEconomic and Social Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorNatural Environment Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorGovernment of the United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorDefence Science and Technology Laboratory, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorUK Research and Innovationen_US
cg.contributor.donorN8 Agrifood Programmeen_US
cg.creator.identifierPaula Dominguez-Salas: 0000-0001-8753-4221en_US
cg.creator.identifierEric M. Fèvre: 0000-0001-8931-4986en_US
cg.creator.identifierJonathan Rushton: 0000-0001-5450-4202en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.642635en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2571-581Xen_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriDISEASE CONTROLen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SECURITYen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriNUTRITIONen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.volume5en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlarcón, P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez-Salas, Paulaen_US
dc.contributor.authorFèvre, Eric M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRushton, Jonathanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-15T06:46:40Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-04-15T06:46:40Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113360en_US
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_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.available2021-04-14en_US
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_US
dcterms.extent642635en_US
dcterms.issued2021-04-14en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.subjectnutritionen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen_US
dcterms.subjecthorticultureen_US
dcterms.subjectecologyen_US
dcterms.subjectfood scienceen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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