Navigating the politics and processes of food systems transformation: Guidance from a holistic framework

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorCGIARen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Healthy Diets
cg.creator.identifierChristophe Béné: 0000-0002-7078-9241
cg.creator.identifierAbdul-Rahim Abdulai: 0000-0003-4699-2407
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1399024en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2571-581Xen
cg.journalFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatGOVERNANCEen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatPOLICYen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatSUSTAINABILITYen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 10 - Reduce inequalitiesen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the goalsen
cg.volume8en
dc.contributor.authorBéné, Christopheen
dc.contributor.authorAbdulai, Abdul-Rahimen
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T09:28:32Zen
dc.date.available2024-07-08T09:28:32Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148963
dc.titleNavigating the politics and processes of food systems transformation: Guidance from a holistic frameworken
dcterms.abstractThe call for transforming food systems from their current unsustainable trajectories toward more desirable, healthy, sustainable, resilient, and equitable outcomes has received unprecedented echoes recently—particularly following the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. But lack of guidance on how to do so in a comprehensive and integrated manner has left many actors uncertain, skeptical, or even low-spirited about the prospects of delivering such an ambitious task. Through this work, we argue that food systems transformation is not an impossible goal to aspire for; however, whether we achieve any form of transformation is essentially down to how food systems politics are enacted. Politics, we posit, is at the center of creating and maintaining current unsustainable food system trajectories and will also be crucial in guiding change processes toward sustainable goals. In this paper, we explore this argument through a conceptual framework. The framework, which is relevant for both high and lower-income countries, integrates multiple perspectives and practical experiences on transition, transformation and politics to propose a holistic diagnostic and prescriptive tool for food systems transformation. Three critical lessons emerge from this: first, the transformation (of food systems) must be normative, deliberate and goal-oriented—as opposed to driven by technological innovations; second, the process must account for, integrate, and build on the multi-dimensional and multi-procedural nature of the politics that drive (or resist) changes; and third, the transformation needs to build on a strong driving environment, one that transforms not just food systems but also their governance.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2024-06-25
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBéné, C.; Abdulai, A. (2024) Navigating the politics and processes of food systems transformation: Guidance from a holistic framework. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 8: 1399024. ISSN: 2571-581Xen
dcterms.extent1399024en
dcterms.issued2024-06-25
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.subjecttransformationen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjectpoliticsen
dcterms.subjectfoodsen
dcterms.subjectpolitical economyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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