The world’s ability to nourish its burgeoning population is under threat and without broader socioeconomic and environmental change, sustainable agrifood systems will be impossible to achieve, according to a new report by the FAO.
The world’s ability to nourish its burgeoning population is under threat and without broader socioeconomic and environmental change, sustainable agrifood systems will be impossible to achieve, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations .
“A new mindset that prioritizes long-term objectives, sustainability and resilience is urgently needed,” the report read. “Many of the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] are not on track and will only be achieved if agrifood systems are transformed properly to withstand ongoing global adversity that undermines food security and nutrition due to growing structural inequalities and also regional inequalities,” FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said at the launch event.
The report also illustrated four future scenarios for agrifood systems that bring diverse outcomes in terms of food security, nutrition and overall sustainability: “More of the same,” that envisages continuing muddling through by reacting to events and crises; “Adjusted future,” where some moves towards sustainable agrifood systems occur at a slow, uncertain pace; “Race to the bottom,” that portrays a world in disarray in the worst version of itself; and “Trading off for sustainability,” where...
In a scenario where the world opts for a more sustainable future, the report said global challenges will be tackled by “a more effective participatory and novel, multilevel governance”, where governments, consumers, businesses and academia interact with different functions but overall converging objectives.
Transformation will also be aided by the further development of innovative technologies and approaches for which the authors of the report propose prioritizing scientific research and development and that these advances must be accessible to the most vulnerable groups.
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