Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030
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Schneider, Kate R.; Remans, Roseline; Bekele, Tesfaye Hailu; Aytekin, Destan; Conforti, Piero; Dasgupta, Shouro; et al. 2025. Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030. Nature Food 6: 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01109-4
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Due to complex interactions, changes in any one area of food systems are likely to impact—and possibly depend on—changes in other areas. Here we present the first annual monitoring update of the indicator framework proposed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative, with new qualitative analysis elucidating interactions across indicators. Since 2000, we find that 20 of 42 indicators with time series have been trending in a desirable direction, indicating modest positive change. Qualitative expert elicitation assessed governance and resilience indicators to be most connected to other indicators across themes, highlighting entry points for action—particularly governance action. Literature review and country case studies add context to the assessed interactions across diets, environment, livelihoods, governance and resilience indicators, helping different actors understand and navigate food systems towards desirable change.Due to complex interactions, changes in any one area of food systems are likely to impact—and possibly depend on—changes in other areas. Here we present the first annual monitoring update of the indicator framework proposed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative, with new qualitative analysis elucidating interactions across indicators. Since 2000, we find that 20 of 42 indicators with time series have been trending in a desirable direction, indicating modest positive change. Qualitative expert elicitation assessed governance and resilience indicators to be most connected to other indicators across themes, highlighting entry points for action—particularly governance action. Literature review and country case studies add context to the assessed interactions across diets, environment, livelihoods, governance and resilience indicators, helping different actors understand and navigate food systems towards desirable change.
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Hazel Malapit https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7394-8797
Quinn Marshall https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4962-8160
Danielle Resnick https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6285-3461
Keith Wiebe https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6035-620X
Diana Suhardiman https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7892-4148
Francesco Nicola Tubiello https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-4690
Mario Herrero https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7741-5090
Fabrice DeClerck https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3631-8745
Kalkidan Ayele Mulatu https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4898-3205
Roseline Remans https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-8529
Christophe Béné https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7078-9241
Ramya Ambikapathi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2013-2516
Gina Kennedy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5232-2250
Yonas Getaneh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7599-8536