Resilience-focused food systems transformation to meet Sustainable Development Goals in Zimbabwe

Tinarwo, Joseph; and Babu, Suresh Chandra. 2021. Resilience-focused food systems transformation to meet Sustainable Development Goals in Zimbabwe. Agrilinks. First published online on July 07, 2021. https://agrilinks.org/post/resilience-focused-food-systems-transformation-meet-sustainable-development-goals-zimbabwe

According to the Food Security Information Network's recent Global Report on Food Crises (2021), Zimbabwe is on the list of the top six countries in the world experiencing a food crisis. The food crisis in Zimbabwe is compounded by external shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic and economic and weather-related shocks, and it brings a sharper focus and a deeper scrutiny to the challenges of achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Moving from crisis to a development pathway and achieving SDGs requires a food system transformation (FST) that recognizes resilience building as a key precondition. Yet very little attention is paid to developing and implementing resilience programming in a systematic way. Why and how can resilience programming be the focus of FST in Zimbabwe?