TY - JOUR
T1 - Ensuring societal considerations are met when translating science into policy for sustainable food system transformation
AU - Singh, Brajesh K.
AU - Fraser, Evan D.G.
AU - Arnold, Tom
AU - Biermayr-Jenzano, Patricia
AU - Broerse, Jacqueline E.W.
AU - Brunori, Gianluca
AU - Caron, Patrick
AU - De Schutter, Olivier
AU - Fabbri, Karen
AU - Fan, Shenggen
AU - Fanzo, Jessica
AU - Gajdzinska, Magdalena
AU - Gurinovic, Mirjana
AU - Hugas, Marta
AU - McGlade, Jacqueline
AU - Nellemann, Christine
AU - Njuki, Jemimah
AU - Tuomisto, Hanna L.
AU - Tutundjian, Seta
AU - Wesseler, Justus
AU - Sonnino, Roberta
AU - Webb, Patrick
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - Background: A food system transformation is needed to address food and nutrition security, minimise impacts on planetary health, reduce climate change emissions, and contribute to equity, diversity, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Scope and approach: This paper summarizes findings of the European Commission's High Level Expert Group on Food Systems Science, which reviewed obstacles that prevent food systems policy from achieving society-wide impacts. These barriers include knowledge and translation gaps in food-related science-policy-interfaces (SPIs), insufficient attention to the priorities of diverse stakeholders, and a failure to adequately consider equity, diversity, political economy, and societal engagements. Key findings & conclusions: Three potential pathways can ensure science and policy support food systems transformation: (1) Adapt the current SPI landscape with extra resources and a wider mandate to ensure coordinated action across the full food system, (2) Enhance the current policy landscape with a range of multisectoral taskforces designed to fulfill specific functions such as creating an enhanced food systems data portal, and (3) Establish a “network of networks” to provide both global coordination as well as organize defined agendas at global through to regional scales. In embarking on these pathways, a revised science-policy-society landscape (SPSIs) should deliver the following core functions: (1) Engage and empower multi-stakeholder dialogue; (2) Build capacity at multiple scales to translate evidence into tangible real-world outcomes; (3) Ensure access to openly accessible data for the entire food system; (4) Use models, forecasts, and scenario building exercises to explore the potential future of food systems; (5) Produce assessment reports and policy publications; and (6) Establish fora for diplomacy that will be empowered to create standards set targets and establish policy.
AB - Background: A food system transformation is needed to address food and nutrition security, minimise impacts on planetary health, reduce climate change emissions, and contribute to equity, diversity, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Scope and approach: This paper summarizes findings of the European Commission's High Level Expert Group on Food Systems Science, which reviewed obstacles that prevent food systems policy from achieving society-wide impacts. These barriers include knowledge and translation gaps in food-related science-policy-interfaces (SPIs), insufficient attention to the priorities of diverse stakeholders, and a failure to adequately consider equity, diversity, political economy, and societal engagements. Key findings & conclusions: Three potential pathways can ensure science and policy support food systems transformation: (1) Adapt the current SPI landscape with extra resources and a wider mandate to ensure coordinated action across the full food system, (2) Enhance the current policy landscape with a range of multisectoral taskforces designed to fulfill specific functions such as creating an enhanced food systems data portal, and (3) Establish a “network of networks” to provide both global coordination as well as organize defined agendas at global through to regional scales. In embarking on these pathways, a revised science-policy-society landscape (SPSIs) should deliver the following core functions: (1) Engage and empower multi-stakeholder dialogue; (2) Build capacity at multiple scales to translate evidence into tangible real-world outcomes; (3) Ensure access to openly accessible data for the entire food system; (4) Use models, forecasts, and scenario building exercises to explore the potential future of food systems; (5) Produce assessment reports and policy publications; and (6) Establish fora for diplomacy that will be empowered to create standards set targets and establish policy.
U2 - 10.1016/j.tifs.2023.04.021
DO - 10.1016/j.tifs.2023.04.021
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85162778018
SN - 0924-2244
VL - 137
SP - 104
EP - 108
JO - Trends in Food Science and Technology
JF - Trends in Food Science and Technology
ER -
