Food Systems and Natural Resources: Summary for Policy Makers

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationInternational Resource Panel
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T19:58:00Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T19:58:00Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThe IRP Food Systems and Natural Resources report assesses the current status and dynamics of natural resource use in food systems and their environmental impacts, identifying opportunities to move towards more resource-smart food systems. It responds to policy relevant questions like what do sustainable food systems look like from a natural resource perspective? How can resource efficiency improvements be made to enhance food security? How to steer transition towards sustainable food systems? Moreover, it looks at food as a crucial connection point (a ‘node’) where various societal issues coincide, such as human dependence on natural resources, the environment, health and wellbeing. Rather than looking separately at resources such as land, water and minerals, the IRP has chosen a systems approach. The report looks at all the resources needed for the primary production of food, as well as for other food system activities (e.g. processing, distribution) considering not only the set of activities, but also the range of actors engaged in them and the outcomes in terms of food security, livelihoods and human healthen
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dc.identifier.isbn978-92-807-3560-4
dc.identifier.otherDTI/1982/PA
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7591
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number34 pages
dc.relation.ispartofIRP Reports
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectfood system
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.titleFood Systems and Natural Resources: Summary for Policy Makersen
dc.typePolicy brief
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