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Pathways towards a just transition in agrifood systems

Deliberative Dialogues: July–September 2025

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 16 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Synopsis (short abstract) From July to September 2025, FAO convened four online deliberative dialogue meetings on the subject of how to achieve a just transition in agrifood systems. Through the dialogues, participants developed a more clearly articulated, though still evolving, definition of what a just transition means for agrifood systems. This definition reflects the numerous complexities, actors, and challenges that are unique to agriculture and other forms of food production across different scales and regions. Insights from participants coalesced around a shared conceptualization of a just transition in agrifood systems as a transformational shift from the inequitable and unsustainable models of production, distribution and consumption that characterize today’s global agrifood systems, to ones that are ecologically grounded, rights-based, and socially inclusive - shaped by the distinctive needs, priorities, and participation of the most vulnerable actors - especially those who have been historically marginalized in the Global South.

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FAO. 2025. Pathways towards a just transition in agrifood systems. Deliberative Dialogues: July–September 2025. Rome. 

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