Enabling sustainable food systems

FAO

Enabling sustainable food systems

Innovators’ handbook

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 262 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-132990-0

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Sustainable food systems are fundamental to ensuring that future generations are food secure and eat healthy diets. To transition towards sustainability, many food system activities must be reconstructed, and myriad actors around the world are starting to act locally. While some changes are easier than others, knowing how to navigate through them to promote sustainable consumption and production practices requires complex skill sets. This handbook is written for “sustainable food systems innovators” by a group of innovators from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe who are leading initiatives to grow, share, sell and consume more sustainable foods in their local contexts. It includes experiences that are changing the organizational structures of local food systems to make them more sustainable. The handbook is organized as a “choose your own adventure” story where each reader – individually or in a facilitated group – can develop their own personalized learning and action journeys according to their priorities. The topics included in this handbook are arranged into four categories of innovations: engaging consumers, producing sustainably, getting products to market and getting organized.

Last updated date 04/03/2021 (abstract updated)

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FAO and INRAE. 2020. Enabling sustainable food systems: Innovators’ handbook. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9917en

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