Evidence platform for agrifood systems and nutrition

Focus Area 3.2 Sustainable food supply chains to achieve healthy diets in the context of economic, social and environmental sustainability, and climate change
Sub-focus Area 3.2.3 Promoting nutrition within agriculture and food supply chains

Recommendation Number: 3.2.3.b

Governments and private sector and other relevant stakeholders should encourage and promote responsible agricultural investment(*1), and support food producers in the adoption of sustainable production practices and in the production of diverse food that contributes to healthy diets, while ensuring a decent income, livelihoods and resilience for fishers, farmers, particularly smallholders and/or family farms, and farm workers. This should include supporting and encouraging sustainable crop production practices, livestock, agroforestry, animal and fishery systems (including artisanal fisheries and aquaculture).

(*1) In line with the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems and CFS Policy Recommendations on Investing in Smallholder Agriculture.

The identified documents have been grouped into four categories: UN evidence-informed documents, UN normative guidance documents, UN operational/technical guidance documents and other documents that have been published by non-UN bodies.