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Policy briefPolicymaking for agrifood systems transformation in Uganda 2024
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No results found.This brief provides a snapshot of the policy and institutional processes aimed at accelerating the sustainable transformation of Uganda’s agrifood systems. Against the backdrop of the country's participation in the UN Food Systems Summit, and follow-up processes, the brief discusses the need for better policy alignment and stronger inter-institutional collaboration. -
Book (stand-alone)Workshop Report on Training for Policymakers on Agrifood Systems Transformation
In support of Rwanda’s Fifth Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation
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No results found.This report provides a detailed account of the training workshop on "Policymaking for Agrifood Systems Transformation" in Rwanda. Tailored to Rwanda's unique needs, theworkshop brought together government officials, stakeholders, and experts to enhance their understanding of agrifood systems and explore strategies for transforming thesesystems to be more resilient and sustainable. The publication outlines the workshop's focus on Rwanda’s agrifood challenges – such as malnutrition, climate change, lowproduction, and market access – while emphasizing the importance of adopting a systems approach to policy design.It directly contributes to FAO’s mission by equipping stakeholders with the skills and knowledge necessary to address complex, "wicked" problems in agrifood systems – problems that span multiple sectors and require coordinated action from various actors. Through this, the report supports FAO’s goal of achieving better production, betternutrition, a better environment, and a better life.The report is designed for policymakers, government officials, academics, and stakeholders working within agrifood systems, both in Rwanda and beyond. Its added value liesin its practical guidance on using systems thinking to create innovative, evidence-based policies that respond to the interconnected challenges of modern agrifood systems.Furthermore, the publication highlights Rwanda’s experiences in policy experimentation and stakeholder engagement, offering valuable lessons for other countries seeking totransform their agrifood systems. -
Policy briefNavigating the distributional challenges of agrifood systems transformation 2024
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No results found.Agrifood systems are perpetually changing. Greater agricultural productivity and food trading have reduced hunger and enhanced food security and nutrition. However, agrifood systems have become increasingly fragile and unsustainable, contributing to climate change and natural resource degradation while failing to provide healthy diets to all. Many of these impacts are not included in the market prices, which shape incentives to produce, process, distribute, consume and dispose of agrifood products. They are thus hidden and generally not considered in the day-to-day decisions agrifood actors make. Agrifood systems are invaluable to society, but one must also consider their hidden impacts. True cost accounting (TCA) allows estimating the hidden costs and benefits of agrifood systems, providing decision-makers with the evidence needed for their transformation.True cost accounting (TCA) is a useful approach in this regard because it can measure and value the (environmental, social, health and economic) costs and benefits generated by agrifood systems to improve decision-making. A national-level TCA assessment for 154 countries reveals that global quantified hidden costs from agrifood systems are highly likely to exceed 10 trillion dollars, revealing the urgent need to factor these costs into decision-making. These new estimates are a first step in raising awareness and should be followed by targeted TCA assessments, needed to inform decision-makers on how to employ levers for a transition towards sustainable agrifood systems.
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