A Six-step Approach for scaling low-emission food systems: Evidence and guidelines

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationAlliance Bioversity International - CIATen
cg.contributor.donorBundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutzen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeLow-Emission Food Systems
cg.contributor.initiativeAgriLAC Resiliente
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionAmericas
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbean
cg.creator.identifierJanelle Sylvester: 0000-0003-4576-9983en
cg.creator.identifierMartha Vanegas-Cubillos: 0000-0002-5725-9211en
cg.creator.identifierAugusto Castro-Nunez: 0000-0001-9569-9042en
cg.reviewStatusen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGROFORESTRYen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCAPACITY DEVELOPMENTen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCLIMATE CHANGEen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCONSERVATION AND USEen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatVALUE CHAINSen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 8 - Decent work and economic growthen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 11 - Sustainable cities and communitiesen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible production and consumptionen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutionsen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the goalsen
dc.contributor.authorAmahnui, George Amenchwien
dc.contributor.authorSylvester, Janelle Marieen
dc.contributor.authorVanegas Cubillos, Marthaen
dc.contributor.authorCastro Nunez, Augustoen
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-08T20:15:30Zen
dc.date.available2025-04-08T20:15:30Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174077
dc.titleA Six-step Approach for scaling low-emission food systems: Evidence and guidelinesen
dcterms.abstractThe global food system is a major contributor to climate change and is responsible for approximately one-third of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In many low- and middle-income countries, scaling innovations for climate-change mitigation requires identifying the right incentives, as well as navigating complex realities such as policies, regulations, and value chainrelated barriers. Consequently, efforts aimed at transforming food systems to low emissions may not yet deliver the desired impacts and, in some instances, may even produce undesirable effects on other Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) outcomes. This “Six-step Approach” to scaling lowemission food systems aims to bridge this gap. It provides a structured guide for creating an enabling environment that enhances scaling innovations for low-emission food system transformation, while delivering co-benefits and minimizing trade-offs and unintended side effects on SDG outcomes. These six steps include: (1) identifying direct and underlying drivers of food system GHG emissions and GHG emission sources; (2) identifying geographical areas where government development priorities overlap with food system GHG mitigation opportunities; (3) identifying farm-level drivers of adoption of innovations; (4) implementing value chain upgrading strategies to overcome adoption barriers; (5) promoting sustainable business models and financial mechanisms to scale innovations; (6) measuring climate action benefits, SDG co-benefits, and undesired effects. In this document, we present the approach and key considerations for its use in developing an enabling environment for scaling innovations toward low-emission food systems. Furthermore, we explore each step in-depth, discussing evidence, relevant methodological approaches, and information required for each step. To illustrate the approach’s application, we present a case study on scaling silvopastoral systems undertaken during the implementation of a project aimed at delivering climate-change mitigation and peacebuilding outcomes in the Colombian Amazon. The guidelines presented here emphasize the need for scaling practitioners to identify key delivery partners at the nexus between government SDG priorities (national and regional) and food system GHG mitigation opportunities, to secure political and social support for scaling low-emission food systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAmahnui, G.A.; Sylvester, J.M.; Vanegas Cubillos, M.; Castro Nunez, A. (2025) A Six-step Approach for scaling low-emission food systems: Evidence and guidelines. ISBN: 978-958-694-256-0en
dcterms.issued2025-04-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjectclimate change mitigationen
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectmitigación del cambio climáticoen
dcterms.subjectobjetivos de desarrollo sostenibleen
dcterms.subjectsustainable development goalsen
dcterms.subjectinnovation scalingen
dcterms.subjectescalamiento de la innovaciónen
dcterms.subjectcadena de valoren
dcterms.typeManual

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