Publication: Food systems transformation requires science–policy–society interfaces that integrate existing global networks and new knowledge hubs
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2022-12-16
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Sustainable food systems are key to
achieving Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), but food systems fall
short on multiple fronts as they place
pressure on natural capital and ecosystem services while generating significant
greenhouse gas emissions. To future-proof
food systems, the United Nations Food Systems
Summit (UNFSS) called for a transformation of
food systems that guarantees equitable access
to affordable, healthy, and safe food, produced
in fair and environment-friendly ways. Such a
transformation will be challenging1,2
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Efficient science–policy interfaces (SPIs) that
effectively bridge the local to global span of
food systems in a coordinated way will be key to
transformation. Effective SPIs need to support
six key functions: forecasting and monitoring,
capacity building, data collection, independent assessment, engagement and diplomacy3,4
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We, the members of a European Commission
high-level expert group (HLEG), have suggested
three pathways to achieve effective SPIs: (a)
strengthening and adapting existing SPIs with
additional resources and a broader mandate to
engage across the food sector and across scales
and engage with society, (b) enhancing the multilateral institutions’ capacity to cooperate with
member states and fund a series of task forces
to fill priority knowledge and data gaps, and (c)
creating a global coordination hub comprising multilateral institutions through collective
investment in a ‘network of networks’3
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Agriculture, Politics and International Relations