Capacity strengthening as a pathway to drive food systems transformation towards sustainable healthy diets: Reflections from the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT)

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cg.authorship.typesNot CGIAR international instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Healthy Diets
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryVietnam
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2VN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nutrition, Diets, and Health Uniten
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.numberDecember 2024en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
dc.contributor.authorKruft, Kristaen
dc.contributor.authorHerens, Marionen
dc.contributor.authorNamugumya, Brenda Shenuteen
dc.contributor.authorDe Groote, Bramen
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-19T16:39:47Zen
dc.date.available2025-02-19T16:39:47Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173230
dc.titleCapacity strengthening as a pathway to drive food systems transformation towards sustainable healthy diets: Reflections from the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT)en
dcterms.abstractFood systems are failing to provide sustainable, healthy diets that promote health, environmental sustainability, affordability, and cultural acceptability, leaving over three billion people unable to access such diets. Following calls for transformation after the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and subsequent international dialogues, there is growing recognition of the need for systemic approaches to accelerate food systems transformation (FST). However, many stakeholders remain uncertain about how to implement effective changes, highlighting the need for sustainable development pathways that integrate health, environmental, and inclusion goals. This paper explores what capacities are needed for driving FST, emphasizing the need to strengthen skills and competencies in individuals, organizations, and societies to achieve transformative goals. Based on the capacity-strengthening experiences of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Vietnam, the paper examines SHiFT’s capacity-strengthening practice used. Key questions addressed include identifying stakeholders who need transformative capacities, the capacities required for different roles, and strategies to inspire meaningful implementation. The reflections on capacity-strengthening trajectories for food system actors in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam underscore the need for tailored, inclusive, and adaptive approaches that address the unique dynamics of each food system. Seven guiding principles emerged: contextualizing within political and economic landscapes; employing adult-based, experiential learning; timing of capacity strengthening interventions; navigating power dynamics; embracing emergence and flexibility; fostering diversity; and stimulating personal agency and leadership. These principles highlight the importance of co-creation, continuous reflection, and iterative adaptation, ensuring capacity-building efforts are relevant, effective, and transformative. By exploring practice-based and case-based insights, this paper contributes to understanding how targeted capacity strengthening can support meaningfully to FST.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKruft, Krista; Herens, Marion; Namugumya, Brenda Shenute; and De Groote, Bram. 2024. Capacity strengthening as a pathway to drive food systems transformation towards sustainable healthy diets: Reflections from the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT). SHiFT Working Paper December 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173230en
dcterms.extent50 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfSHiFT Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2024-12-31en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjecthealthy dietsen
dcterms.subjectstakeholdersen
dcterms.subjectsustainabilityen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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