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Question: Sustainable food systems - Concept and framework

Answer: A sustainable food system (SFS) is a food system that delivers food security and nutrition for all in such a way that the
economic, social and environmental bases to generate food security and nutrition for future generations are not compromised.
This means that:
– It is profitable throughout (economic sustainability);
– It has broad-based benefits for society (social sustainability); and
– It has a positive or neutral impact on the natural environment (environmental sustainability).
A sustainable food system lies at the heart of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted in 2015,
the SDGs call for major transformations in agriculture and food systems in order to end hunger, achieve food security and improve
nutrition by 2030. To realize the SDGs, the global food system needs to be reshaped to be more productive, more inclusive of
poor and marginalized populations, environmentally sustainable and resilient, and able to deliver healthy and nutritious diets
to all. These are complex and systemic challenges that require the combination of interconnected actions at the local, national,
regional and global levels

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(Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 13 Jul 2021)

Source Link: http://www.fao.org/3/ca2079en/CA2079EN.pdf