The ABCD of food systems resilience: an assessment framework

Fonteijn, Hubert; Voorn, G.A.K. van; Piters, C.B. de Steenhuijsen; Hengeveld, G.M.

doi:10.18174/580782

2022

DOI: 10.18174/580782

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The ABCD of food systems resilience: an assessment framework

Hubert Fonteijn

G.A.K. van Voorn

C.B. de Steenhuijsen Piters³

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“…However, links between the 3R concepts and practice are not sufficiently well developed and strategies are needed to improve these links. Key components to consider in light of these resilience concepts include agency (of actors in responding to shocks), buffering (resources to fall back on in times of stress), connectivity (and communication between actors and market segments) and diversity (across scales and places in the interacting systems) 4 . Building resilience in practice has hence been associated with the capacity and agency of food system actors to develop connections across multiple levels on spatial, temporal and jurisdictional scales, and to respond to disruptions.…”

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Further concepts and approaches for enhancing food system resilience

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Affordability of healthy diets is associated with increased food systems performance in Nigeria: state-level analysis

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This study examines the relationships between healthy diets’ affordability and food systems performance across Nigerian states. On a composite index (FSI) constructed from key food system components, states in the southern zones perform relatively better than those in the north, whereas a higher share of households who cannot afford a healthy diet was from northern states. Findings suggest the need for more focused attention on resilience building for improved food systems especially in northern Nigeria. Results also indicate cases where unaffordability of a healthy diet remains high in the face of comparatively lower cost and vice versa, highlighting the need for more efficient and equitable food supply systems. Findings of this study further suggest that achieving affordable healthy diets would require stepping up actions to improve, among others, access to basic services (such as good roads and electricity), increased presence of financial services (such as rural banks), greater access to information and communications services (mobile phone subscription rates and increased radio/television station coverage), facilitating more favorable and predictable business environment, and promoting women’s empowerment.

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Recalibrating Data on Farm Productivity: Why We Need Small Farms for Food Security

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In 2009, the ETC Group estimated that some 70% of the food that people globally consume originates in the ‘peasant food web’. This figure has been both embraced and critiqued, and more recent critiques have focussed on analysing farm productivity to offer some more precise estimates. Several analyses suggest that the proportion of small farms’ contributions to total food production is closer to one-third, arguing that the role of small food producers in food security are grossly exaggerated. We challenge this argument by re-tabulating the available farm productivity data to demonstrate that smaller farms continue to provide a significant proportion of food and are consistently more productive than their larger counterparts. We further posit that even our own interpretation falls short of estimating the full extent of small farms’ contributions, including non-monetary ones, like ecosystem services and community life, many of which run counter to the productivist model that drives large-scale industrial agriculture. We conclude that policies that support small farms are a global necessity for food security, as well as for transitions to more sustainable and more equitable food systems.

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The ABCD of food systems resilience: an assessment framework

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Further concepts and approaches for enhancing food system resilience

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Affordability of healthy diets is associated with increased food systems performance in Nigeria: state-level analysis

Recalibrating Data on Farm Productivity: Why We Need Small Farms for Food Security

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